This is the conclusion I have come to quite recently. Since I've moved to Kentucky this summer for college I've had 3 jobs. One was a summer internship which was a cool job but I never would have made it in if one of my friends didn't put in a good word for me. That ended early in August and since then I've had 2 other jobs.
One that I was never officially hired at because they didn't give me a clear date to start so I never did and the second one I was never given a schedule (not even one day at a time). They would call me literally one to two hours before they wanted me to come in, which I couldn't always do. Now I'm once again not even sure if I'm still working there because I haven't been called with any information on the subject for over a week now.
That's pretty much my entire rant on the subject. I still feel a bit of rant left in me so now to veer off in another direction completely.
Why is it that both Christians and those trying to disprove Christianity use almost the exact same argument against each other? Christians say that if you go to the Bible looking to disprove Jesus' divinity then you'll find the proof, but if you go to it looking for the truth then the holy spirit will show you the translation that you need.
On the other hand those trying to disprove Christianity say that if you start out already believing everything the Bible says then you can only find more proof for it IN the Bible. That makes a lot of sense and so does the Christian stance. Why can't they each just accept that they won't be able to prove it either way on their own?
This semester in college I'm taking a New Testament class. I know that in a class like this one the professor will undoubtedly force his/her beliefs of the subject on you which is alright with me but you'll never see the New Testament in any way but the way the professor makes you see it. You may want to but we all know that their opinion trumps your own while in the class.
Right now I'm kinda struggling with simply understanding who Jesus was talking to (more than just "a crowd of Jews") and why he chose the parables he did. My prof. basically gives the generic answer of a crowd of Jews at a temple. That doesn't tell me anything about them. He's done the research and has put time into figuring out why Jesus would choose certain words at certain times. I want in on THAT information.
I've got this strange feeling that a lot of people are going to reply with something like, "research it yourself" or what not, but please spare yourself. I have, I just don't have the critical thinking skills to figure out what causes the reactions in certain circumstances so there's very little chance I'll be able to figure it out. There's always prayer though...
Who am I kidding? Prayer is a very strong tool but something tells me God isn't going to just fill my head with the knowledge I seek. He's smarter than that.
Well, that about ends my rantings for the time. Until next time, Costlow over and out!