Hurley1516
New Member
Hello,
This is my second attempt at an introduction. The last one must have been erased completely.
Not sure what to say here. My religious background is that I was raised in a Christian home. My parents were and still are deeply religious. They both work at a Bible College.
I myself was very much a Christian for the majority of my life. I confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior and truly believed that he was the Son of God, and that he was crucified, buried, and risen for my sins. I have a B.S. in Religion (Bible) from Liberty University. I also took two semesters worth of classes in Seminary with the goal of obtaining a Masters of Divinity.
However, I lost the motivation to complete seminary and switched schools and programs in order to work on my MBA.
Earlier this year, I watched the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye debate on Creation vs. Evolution. I wasn't convinced by Bill Nye at the time of the debate, but some things he said got me to investigate a little further into evolution. I found a podcast on iTunes called, "Evolution 101." The host of that podcast did a four part series on the molecular evidence for evolution. Suddenly I needed more. There seemed to be more to evolution than I had originally understood.
After reading several books by authors like Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, as well as watching several documentaries, YouTube videos, and searching through online resources, I became convinced that evolution is true. And that was a problem.
You see, unlike many Christians, I cannot harmonize a worldview in where both the Bible and Evolution are true. If one is true, then the other is not. So I began to take a closer look into the Bible and the arguments that I had for believing it.
I read about the Documentary Hypothesis, and the formation of the New Testament and the Synoptic Gospels. I read books by authors like Robert Price and Bart Erhman and listened to Podcasts like The Thinking Atheist and Reasonable Doubts. The Bible began to fall apart. I saw it for what it was, a human book, not a divinely inspired text.
Most of my free time now is spent studying things like evolution, physics, biology, the Bible and other religious world views. I hope by joining this forum that I can continue to learn new things. And maybe I'll be able to contribute something positive as well.
This is my second attempt at an introduction. The last one must have been erased completely.
Not sure what to say here. My religious background is that I was raised in a Christian home. My parents were and still are deeply religious. They both work at a Bible College.
I myself was very much a Christian for the majority of my life. I confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior and truly believed that he was the Son of God, and that he was crucified, buried, and risen for my sins. I have a B.S. in Religion (Bible) from Liberty University. I also took two semesters worth of classes in Seminary with the goal of obtaining a Masters of Divinity.
However, I lost the motivation to complete seminary and switched schools and programs in order to work on my MBA.
Earlier this year, I watched the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye debate on Creation vs. Evolution. I wasn't convinced by Bill Nye at the time of the debate, but some things he said got me to investigate a little further into evolution. I found a podcast on iTunes called, "Evolution 101." The host of that podcast did a four part series on the molecular evidence for evolution. Suddenly I needed more. There seemed to be more to evolution than I had originally understood.
After reading several books by authors like Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, as well as watching several documentaries, YouTube videos, and searching through online resources, I became convinced that evolution is true. And that was a problem.
You see, unlike many Christians, I cannot harmonize a worldview in where both the Bible and Evolution are true. If one is true, then the other is not. So I began to take a closer look into the Bible and the arguments that I had for believing it.
I read about the Documentary Hypothesis, and the formation of the New Testament and the Synoptic Gospels. I read books by authors like Robert Price and Bart Erhman and listened to Podcasts like The Thinking Atheist and Reasonable Doubts. The Bible began to fall apart. I saw it for what it was, a human book, not a divinely inspired text.
Most of my free time now is spent studying things like evolution, physics, biology, the Bible and other religious world views. I hope by joining this forum that I can continue to learn new things. And maybe I'll be able to contribute something positive as well.
