Can Christian Doctrines Withstand Scrutiny?
As I noted earlier, Steven McConnell has asked whether the Christian concept of God could measure up to this sort of scrutiny. He asserts, “Subjected to the glossy examination you give the Baha’i God, the paradox of Jesus being fully human and fully divine as well as the paradox of the unity and individuality of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit would be mere contradictions!” He then asks, “So why are Christianity’s paradoxes (contradictions) more virtuous than Baha’i’s?” [7] Several comments are in order. First, Christian thinkers take an entirely different attitude toward their problematic doctrines than the Baha’is. For example, many Christian philosophers and theologians have spent much time trying to explain these doctrines in a way that is coherent and philosophically sound. [8] Christians believe that these problematic doctrines are logically reconcilable because they are in fact ultimately noncontradictory. On the other hand, the Baha’is do not seem particularly concerned about
