A point of contention I have with your post is you haven’t defined homosexuality, manhood and womanhood, yet you use them like everyone knows exactly what you mean. BUT not everyone is going to have biblical definition of these things. When you say things like “Homosexuality grosses me out,” I assume you mean the sexual actions, but I can assure you that people reading your post are thinking about a lot more than that. I believe that God created men and women with a depth and breadth of character traits, but not all of them are accepted among Christians because some traits are wrongly considered gay. Reading between the lines of this post, it seems that you might be one those Christians.

I don’t know you other than this post and I was wondering if you could tell me more about what you think God wants men and women to be.

Thanks for your kind words about the site. No problem with not adding me to your blog, I just hope you don’t mind my responding here. You can always mail your email address to contact@proofthatgodexists.org so I can mail any future responses to you directly.

I don’t know how familliar you or your friends are with the Transcendental Argument for the existence of God, but it is extremely powerful and, dare I say, Biblical.
I was an ‘evidentialist’ in my apologetics up until about a year ago when I learned about ‘presuppositionalism,’ and I am so thankful for the new outlook. For a really good idea of the ‘presuppositional’ argument, download the debate between Greg Bahnsen and Gordon Stein. If you can’t find it online, I’ll send you a link.

I wonder if you caught the incredible irony in Rielly’s critique. He ‘criticized’ the site for relying on ‘human reason,’ but how did he criticize it, not with the Bible but with…you guessed it – human reason

No doubt, I will run into more Christians who do not understand presuppositionlism, but I hope and pray that your group at least will look into it. Rielly seems like a bright chap, and if he has a fire for apologetics, like it appears that he does, he will love it.

Atheists hate the site, so it’s nice to find Christians who encourage it.

Blessings to you and your group,

Sye

P.S. I am doing an interview on http://www.unchainedradio.com Tuesday evening (June 20th) just in case you are interested in tuning in.

Thanks for your comments. I cut and pasted them over into the other blog so the others could read them because I thought they were well thought out. Unfortunately, we cannot add you to that blog… it’s members only by design, but I do thank you again for your thoughts.

And thank you for your site as well. I have no doubt in my mind that our Lord can use sites such as that to do absolutely miraculous things in his people and for his kingdom. Please keep up the good work!

Your brother in Christ,
Julian

I suppose you could have just asked me

It is obvious that Rielly did not understand the website or read it thoroughly.

I am completely baffled at how anyone could have gotten ‘faith in human reason,’ from that site. If you are going to critique a Christian site, please take enough time to try to understand it.

The emphasis throughout the site is that men are saved soley through God’s saving grace. The very welcome page states that It is my hope and prayer that God will renew your heart and use this site as a tool…

I will comment briefly on the Rielly’s 2 points, but I sure hope he revisits the site and ammends his comments.

1. The entire gist of the website is in fact decrying the faith in human reason. Just read the “By what authority do Christians claim the Bible as their ultimate authority?” in the Q&A. For that matter, go back and read the entire site. Pay close attention to the ‘about this site’ tab.
When Peter in 1 Peter 3 says: But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
I highly doubt that this implored us to give a subjective reason. I think it is unbiblical to tell people that ‘God probably exists.’

2. Acts 9:22 states:
“Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.”
What do you suppose Paul was doing here. Doing something that you just tried to show was impossible and unbiblical, yet you gave no Bible reference for your claim.

How is it a fallacy for a finite being to prove that there is an infinite being? The very proof that God exists is that it is impossible that He does not exist.

Jesus Christ is an infinite being, Paul was finite. Was he engaing in a fallacy in Acts 9?

I understand that the concept of ‘proof that God exists’ is very new to many Christians. It is fallacious however to think that proof = persuasion, or is even meant to equal persuasion.

I hope Rielly will go back to the site and then take back his charge of ‘foolishness,’ and ‘arrogance.’
If he as a Christian would rather have me direct those who do not believe that absolute truth exists, to his website or email address, I will certainly be happy to discuss this with him.

I will be happy to comment on any future post.

Blessings,

Sye

Keep preaching it brother
David