Post 2: Christianity v. Naturalism

Chuck Colson met a Cabinet Minister in Asia who was appalled saying that Asians Associate Christianity with the West, However, all the smut and wickedness that is flooding into Asia through the Movies and Internet is not coming from 'the Christian' West, but pagans who exploit people for money.
The Problem in my own Country of Australia is not the Left v. the Right but the underlying cultural war between Christianity and naturalism.
Christianity is Theistic, i.e. theism is the belief that there is on transcendent God who created the whole Universe, while naturalism is the belief that natural causes alone are sufficient to explain everything that exists.
Here are the fundamental questions that must be answered :
- Is the Ultimate reality GOD or the cosmos?
- Is there a supernatural realm or is nature all that exists?
- Has God spoke and revealed His truth to us, or is truth something we have to find, even invent, for ourselves?
- Is there a purpose for our lives, or are we just cosmic accidents emerging from the slime?
Chuck Colson p. 20
I want to look in detail at these questions over the coming days.

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