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Posted by dr firpo carr (Pt 1), on 07-30-2008 15:46,
Brother Wattree:
You cover a lot of points. Because of this, I'm breaking my response up into two parts. I hope you don't mind.
First, thank you for responding to my dare. You actually quoted from my article. Now this: You missed your calling. You should be in Vegas with a show called “Wattree’s Wonderful World of Mind Reading.” I jest. I always amused with someone tells me what I believe, and even why I believe it, without me having shared with the whys and wherefores of my belief system. My brother, you don’t know why I believe whatever particular teachings I subscribe to. So, in connection with the points you bring up, allow me to illuminate and elucidate.
You’re confusing “faith” with “credulity.” Faith is based on solid fact, whereas credulity is synonymous with gullibility, belief with little or no evidence. I have faith that the sun’s rays will shine on earth tomorrow, even though I’ve never before experience tomorrow. The basis for my faith? I’ve witnessed the sun’s rays bathing the earth’s surface every day of my life. That’s my solid, factual evidence. Now, if you told me there will be two or three suns in the sky tomorrow and I believed you, then I would be credulous. That, my friend, is credulity…not faith. Feel me on this.
God has never sponsored or endorsed the brutality of the African slave trade. You won’t find that in Scripture my friend. Neither has is he behind the wars in the world, just because many participants “claim” that God is on their side. The shows that Jesus only healed—he never killed. I’ve pointed this out in several pieces that I’ve written. You even commented on one of them. (“Jesus Christ and Worldly Politics”)
Forcing one’s beliefs on you? I’d very much like to know where I did that in the article. Brother Wattree, you’re free to marry any man you want. I would neither attempt to nor do I have the desire or inclination to block such a union. You’re reading too much into my article.
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