re the arrogance of christians mhsu lonestar utsa edu melinda hsu writes i d like to share my thoughts on this topic of arrogance of christians and look forward to any responses in my encounters with christians i find myself dismayed by their belief that their faith is total truth according to them their beliefs come from the bible and the bible is the word of god and god is truth thus they know the truth this stance makes it difficult to discuss other faiths with them and my own hesitations about christianity because they see no other way their way is the truth but i see their faith arising from a willful choice to believe a particular way that choice is part faith and part reason but it seems to me a choice i m sort of mystified about how a christian might respond to this i ll start with a parable a christian woman hires a carpenter to build her a birdhouse when he comes over they begin talking about religion so you believe that you understand god he asks yes i do she replies then have him build you the birdhouse i don t think that melinda is complaining about the basis of christian belief however there is a tendency among christians to say i have all the answers because god gave them to me this is simply not the case i believe that the bible is inerrant however our human interpretations of the bible are necessarily in error because we are human and imperfect we have to remember that we all make mistakes in faith and that because we are human we have an imperfect understanding of the mind and will of god to claim as so many people do that the existence of the bible allows us to determine the answers to all questions is to claim that we humans can fully understand god s will this is hubris
