Quote Originally Posted by admin
now you take your average christian, they can't answer simple questions w/o saying "its in the bible" or have they experienced anything out of thier small mindset of what they were brought up in.
That's because your religious belief is always first and foremost based on FAITH. As we have plainly said 5 gazillion times in the other thread, Faith has no logic. So when you get 2 people discussing an oxymoron, you will always get conflicting answers.

If that Christian believes in the Bible, then to them if it's written in the Bible then it's true. To a non-believer that doubts everything about the Bible, that same action/belief is ilogical. Opposing views. Simple.

What does that have to do with "exposure"? Being a "Christian" doesn't mean that you were always a Christian or even that you grew up with a silver spoon in your mouth. So the fact that someone is a Christian doesn't mean that they haven't experienced anything else. It just means they have chosen to try and experience things from one perspective from now on. Doesn't mean they are perfect. Doesn't mean they never did anything wrong. Doesn't mean they never seen anything bad or that they don't agree with.

I totally disagree that simply being "Christian" automatically makes anyone "closed minded" to everything. It only makes them "closed minded" to one thing. Just because they choose to believe in something deeply doesn't make them "closed minded". Maybe it just makes them "convinced".....Don't confuse strong conviction with closed mindedness. They are similar, but not the same.