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Are Christians Narrow-Minded Bigots For Believing Jesus Is The Only Way?

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One source : https://towerviewkc(dot)com/are-christians-narrow-minded-bigots-for-believing-jesus (Links to an external site.)
Are Christians Narrow-Minded Bigots For Believing Jesus Is The Only Way?
The article states that to say one religion is right is no more broader than to assert that your way of thinking about all religions is correct. No Christian bolts through Jesus ' narrow gate — we're sheep and not peacocks. Christianity is, certainly, secular inclusion, but by the narrow gate. This research cogently supports that it’s incorrect to ask this question. Jesus answered the question about negative thoughts about being saved with a command about positive striving. In a sense, we should keep a narrow mind. Those who truly understand the truth of the bible do not pass through narrow doors, but enter them all in humility.
Teacher Comments:
Good topic.
Essentially the objection is- "I could never be a Christian because they think only Jesus is the way to heaven and people of other religious beliefs will go to hell." This is a good objection to respond to.
As a non-Christian, your perspective would need to be something like this, "I am not a Christian, however, the belief that Jesus is the only way to heaven is not a good reason to reject Christianity." If you can argue that way, then great. If not, you need to change topics, or we need to discuss an alternative prompt for you.


 


Apologetics Semester Paper Criteria Ratings PtsMain Question  Main question worded as a legitimate skeptical objection to some part of the Christian Worldview 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsIntroduction  Introduction paragraph explains why the skeptical objection is legitimate and deserves a quality Christian response 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsFour-Fold Thesis  Your thesis statement, found at the bottom of your introduction and in bold font, is a clear and concise four-fold response to the main skeptical objection 10.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 10.0 ptsFour-fold Argumentation The four responses within your thesis are placed in the body section of your paper, numbered, with paragraph(s) argumentation undereach one.  Your argumentation cites Scripture, four credible, theological sources, makes sense, and actually helps answer the main skeptical objection. 40.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 40.0 ptsRebuttals, Misconceptions, and Alternative Explanations  You provided and clearly explained two follow up questions/objections that a skeptic would raise regarding any of your four-fold thesis. You listed and numbered these follow-up objection, showing their connection to your original argumentation, and then provided a paragraph response/rebuttal to each. 20.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 20.0 ptsConclusion  Your conclusion restates the main objection, restates your four-fold thesis, and restates the importance for a quality Christian response to this and similar objections. 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsOverall Format Paper follows prompt 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 pts


 


concise Tour-roia response io me main SKepticai objection Four-fold Argumentation The four responses within your thesis are placed in the body section of your paper, numbered, with paragraph(s) argumentation undereach one.  Your argumentation cites Scripture, four credible, theological sources, makes sense, and actually helps answer the main skeptical objection. 40.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 40.0 ptsRebuttals, Misconceptions, and Alternative Explanations  You provided and clearly explained two follow up questions/objections that a skeptic would raise regarding any of your four-fold thesis. You listed and numbered these follow-up objection, showing their connection to your original argumentation, and then provided a paragraph response/rebuttal to each. 20.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 20.0 ptsConclusion  Your conclusion restates the main objection, restates your four-fold thesis, and restates the importance for a quality Christian response to this and similar objections. 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsOverall Format Paper follows prompt 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsGrammar 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsWorks Cited/Citations  Your Works Cited contains the minimum four  quality sources, properly formatted. Your paper  contains properly formatted in-text citations  throughout. 5.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 5.0 ptsTimeliness  Full points for turning in your paper on time. Deductions depending on how late. 15.0 pts  Full  Marks 0.0 pts No  Marks 15.0 ptsTotal Points: 115.0


 


Apologetics Research Essay
This paper will consist of four parts. Each part has a subscribed number of sections, each with a subscribed number of paragraphs with an explanation of what needs to be found in each paragraph.
Consider this paper as writing an additional chapter to our textbook, Without o
Doubt.
This paper will be due on May 1,11:59pm First Part: Question
This part will consist of one paragraph. This paragraph should present the apologetics question. It should present the difficulties this question (or problem) presents to modern day Christians and the need for a solid defense.
I'll give a few suggestions for possible apologetic questions: why isn't the Gospel of Thomas in the Bible, why do we have the books that we have in the Bible, what is the biblical position on homosexual marriage, what should be a Christian response to abortion, why would God send his people to slaughter all the Canaanites, should women be pastors, what happens to those who never hear the Gospel, is hell a fair punishment for sins, was there death in the animal kingdom before the Fall of Man, and etc. I'm sure you can come up with many more possible options.
Second Part: Defense
This part needs an introductory paragraph briefly introducing four points of evidence to defend the Christian position for the question or against the argument.
Number and write in bold four thesis statements for each of the four points of evidence you introduced in the first paragraph of this section.
After each thesis statement write one paragraph explaining and defending the thesis statement. For these four statements you will need to cite, and or quote, from at least four sources. Three of these sources must come from a magazine, journal, or book (if the source is found on-line that is acceptable). The other source may come from articles written on a blog or website. Anytime you are citing or quoting from a source you need to follow proper rules of MLA introductions and citations, or you may use a footnote or endnote style of citing your sources as found in Without a Doubt.
To see the format look at Chapter 7, pages 92-98 and Chapter 8, pages 105-108, of Without a Doubt. See how Kenneth Samples writes bold, numbered thesis


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Main Question:
Is God responsible for evil because He created Satan even though He knew Satan would Fall?
Introduction
In a world where our faith lies in the unseen, laws depending in the standard set by the society and the people going around us judging one another. A question or two may have already popped up in our minds. But then where do we get the answers to the unknown? These are the hardest things to satisfy, one’s unending curiosity to complicated questions about the things that battle between the good and the evil. This essay aims to put an end to one of the many possible question there is in the world. That is to know if– God is responsible for evil because He created Satan even though He knew beforehand that Satan would fall. The world itself is chaotic and understanding the reason behind all of this will open our eyes into the further truth of our existence. This question will help us find the justifiable causes of evil, not specifically but in connection to the stories way back our history.
Four-fold Thesis Statements:
1 God created him.
2 God created him good.
3 Some created angels rebelled against God.
4 Free will and the origin of evil.
Defense
Discussing the source of evil based on the bible will not be an easy task. The Scripture known to have passed generations and have been interpreted into a thousand languages and versions, will give us the perspective to know where to properly look at. Perhaps the hardest thing to do is to uproot such topic. But to feed the hungry minds in us, it is willful to cover the story. In that case, we will now discuss the four points of bases as we discover the answer to the question with these truths in the Christian perspective.
Here are the four (4) bases of arguments:
1 God created him. “God’s creation is good is indeed very good” (Gen. 1:31). In the book of where all the beginning of the world was created, it can be derived that God created “ all things”. As they say, everything happens for a reason and so does God’s creation. All of it are in sync to what is essential to the existence of the earth. Nothing in this world existed before God and so everything that exists was all made by God, Lucifer was no exception to this. (McKinley)
2 God created him good. Alongside God’s vast and pure creations that included Lucifer, the fallen angel. All of His creations was all sources of beauty and goodness, it is only fair to create all good things in consistent with the other complementing creatures. Every facet of His creation is very good, whether in heaven or on earth, because everything He created was originally good. Like any other villain in a movie, the characters started out as kind and helpful until one plot changes it all. The same events happened to Lucifer as he was described to be like this: “his character is wholly pure; there isn’t a shred of darkness or deception in him. ” (1 John 1-15; James 1-13) Initially, he was all pure and honorable but his own ugly desire turned him into Satan as his new name after falling to the earth. Formerly known as Lucifer when he was still a...
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