Thursday, June 28, 2007

"Throw Away Logic"

I recently read in a blog that we (as Christians) need to "wake up" and that we shouldn't "buy into the lies of postmodern thinking," which I think is a good statement. But in addition to that, according to this blog we are supposed to "throw away logic and physchology sic for Truth." I believe that she meant well with this post, but stop and think about that for a second: "throw away logic..." While we're at it, why don't we throw away Christianity? Or is Christianity illogical that we should continue to believe in Jesus Christ after we have complied and thrown logic away? My youth pastor constantly reminds us that Christianity is the thinking man's religion, and he continuously urges us to think: about what we listen to, about what we watch, and about what we read. In addition to that, he is always pushing us to think about our faith logically, which I think is excellent. But really, being a Born Again Christian is the only logical conclusion to be drawn from what we see in nature around us and what we read in the Bible.

If you are a nonbeliever, or an illogical believer, who needs proof of the fact that Christianity is a religion of logic, you need look no further than Lee Strobel's works. Check them out, use your logic, and think for yourself. My use of logic isn't getting "thrown away." On the contrary, I will continue to strive to think wisely and critically of situations and ideas that I am confronted with.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good response Goo. We do not need to throw away logic in order to serve Christ with all of our heart. It is not as though we need to choose between emotion and intellect.

God desires for us to use our minds, to reason and to use logic. In the end though, it is a faith issue.

Anonymous said...

couldnt agree more with you goo! :) whoever said you should lose logic did a long time ago id say.