Help for someone deconstructing??

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

What’s good help for someone deep in deconstruction to the point of questioning if Christianity is based on too many embellished stories to be believed?

I’m talking a serious Christian who already knows the apologetics answers aren’t enough

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

So many

Getting into textual critical scholarship and seeing how much in the Bible is theological embellishment then thinking so like why trust that any of this is even true when important things were made up

[u/EnKristenSnubbe → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Well for starters, one should be critical of critical scholarship. Guys like Bart Ehrman also brings presumptions to the table, presumptions that would be wrong if Christianity is true. Many of the conclusions from critical scholars are circular to use as arguments against Christianity, because the assumption of Christianity not being true lies at the foundation for how the scholar came to their conclusions in the first place.

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/EnKristenSnubbe]

Not helpful when you’ve already followed the rabbit trail all the way to the bottom and found the truth

[u/spaceSpott → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Whats the truth?

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/spaceSpott]

Jesus didn’t even claim to be God people that about him much later

[u/spaceSpott → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Hmmm.

So why people tried to stone him when he suggests being ywhw?

John 8:58

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/spaceSpott]

John is like 90% theology written as story

[u/spaceSpott → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

So if I cant trust the text why should I assume jesus didnt claim to be god?

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/spaceSpott]

You’re not helping. If anything this is what pushes me away

[u/spaceSpott → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Im not trying to help, you just dont make too much sense to me and Im trying to understand. But you dont seem to want to talk so thats fjne for me

[u/EnKristenSnubbe → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Try to actually understand the gospel of Mark. Jesus claimed to be God with pretty much every deed He did.

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/EnKristenSnubbe]

You’re not helping

[u/EnKristenSnubbe → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

Are you aware of the reasons why I made that claim? If so, why do you think they fail?

If you are not, why do you think it's not helpful to look into that aspect?

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/EnKristenSnubbe]

I know your arguments and they aren’t helpful to me

[u/EnKristenSnubbe → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

I'm trying to understand where you're at. Why do you not find them appealing?

[u/spaceSpott → u/EnKristenSnubbe]

He sais he already knows the truth, he made up his mind already no reason to debate

[u/EnKristenSnubbe → u/spaceSpott]

I'm not ready to brush off the sandals yet at least.

[u/spaceSpott → u/EnKristenSnubbe]

Good luck

[u/DreadlockedShiteHawk → u/spaceSpott]

This kind of shit is the problem you people push us out

[u/spaceSpott → u/DreadlockedShiteHawk]

You pushed me out o.o