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In my walk with Christ I commonly hear Christians give one answer to the question, “How do you know that what you believe is right?” The answer to that question is most often “I take it by faith.” I absolutely agree with this answer, but it seems that this answer is no longer good enough for the majority of the society we live in. It appears that trying to convince somebody that doesn’t believe in anything that Jesus was the Son of God and the way to salvation calls for proof beyond what anyone can conjure up. Why is it that most people accept elements of history as truth with little or no rebuttal? Never in my life have I seen a student stand up in the middle of history class to say, “I have no proof that this history book is correct and therefore I will not believe that Caesar Augustus really existed.” I am left only to assume that people do not question elements of history because believing in it doesn’t create any responsibilities or expectations to live up to. We live in a society in which the common man thinks that he can do a better job than the president. Respect for authority is a pastime and being a Christian means that you have to respect the authority of God.

Non-believer: “So what your saying is if Jesus is the Son of God, then I am going to be held responsible for my actions here on earth?”

Believer: Yes, it appears so.

Non-believer: (thinking to self: man that sucks, I’m going to have to quit doing all these things that are fun) Hmmm, Well, there is no proof that the bible or any of that stuff is true anyways.

I like to call this justifying our actions. We are all guilty of this one. There is always something that we do and enjoy, but for some reason we feel guilty for it. So we begin the justification process in which we come up with reasons why what we are doing is ok. This process continues until we convince our self that we have nothing to be guilty about and therefore we can continue to do as we please. People who refuse to believe that Jesus is the Son of God or that God even exists have all gone through the justification process. Most of them have gone through it more than once. The driving power behind all of this is that we only feel the need to justify our beliefs when we fear the consequences of being wrong. Where does this fear come from? Do men create it? Or does the actual existence of a higher power eventually take its toll on all of us? Unfortunately, I guess I will forever be a shallow minded Christian. If others would examine all facts as closely as they do the legitimacy of Christianity they would quickly find out that as you begin to dig, sooner or later the only evidence left is based on personal testimony. Your then put in a situation in which you believe the testimony or you don’t. Knowing that there is no way to actually prove that the testimony is right (assuming you didn’t see it with your own eyes), the question of, “How does this affect me?” comes in to play. This is why I am sure that I will have plenty of company in the shallow-minded section of society.