Wesley Huff
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Oh, at that point, I probably read the Bible about two or three times. Okay. So I read the Quran cover to cover. I've read it multiple times since. But I also read the Bhagavad Gita. I think at the time it was a shorter version. It wasn't the entire Bhagavad Gita. And I read the Book of Mormon. And digging into some of these...
Oh, at that point, I probably read the Bible about two or three times. Okay. So I read the Quran cover to cover. I've read it multiple times since. But I also read the Bhagavad Gita. I think at the time it was a shorter version. It wasn't the entire Bhagavad Gita. And I read the Book of Mormon. And digging into some of these...
pieces of worldview literature to try to figure out, okay, I know what my parents raised me to believe, but is believing it because they raised me to it the best reason to believe it? It's not a bad reason. I don't think it is. But is it the best reason?
pieces of worldview literature to try to figure out, okay, I know what my parents raised me to believe, but is believing it because they raised me to it the best reason to believe it? It's not a bad reason. I don't think it is. But is it the best reason?
And so exploring some of these questions as much as I could at that age in looking at these sources, going online, trying to interact with people who held these worldview perspectives. And that was really the process that I think God used that set the foundation for what I do now in terms of actually wrestling with, because I think there are good objections to the Christian worldview.
And so exploring some of these questions as much as I could at that age in looking at these sources, going online, trying to interact with people who held these worldview perspectives. And that was really the process that I think God used that set the foundation for what I do now in terms of actually wrestling with, because I think there are good objections to the Christian worldview.
I don't think they're true, but that doesn't mean that there aren't good ones. And so I think we have a duty if we are pursuing the truth, and ultimately I think that Jesus is the truth, with a capital T, that we have a duty to pursue what is true even above, say, an allegiance to Jesus.
I don't think they're true, but that doesn't mean that there aren't good ones. And so I think we have a duty if we are pursuing the truth, and ultimately I think that Jesus is the truth, with a capital T, that we have a duty to pursue what is true even above, say, an allegiance to Jesus.
Now, I don't think that that is in competition to each other because I think that Jesus is the truth, but we should ultimately be asking the question, what if this could be false? And looking at the objections from the other side and saying, well, are there any actual reasonable objections that invalidate what I believe to the point that I need to rethink this?
Now, I don't think that that is in competition to each other because I think that Jesus is the truth, but we should ultimately be asking the question, what if this could be false? And looking at the objections from the other side and saying, well, are there any actual reasonable objections that invalidate what I believe to the point that I need to rethink this?
Oh, I don't think so. I was a bit of a slacker.
Oh, I don't think so. I was a bit of a slacker.
I think... Yeah, most likely.
I think... Yeah, most likely.
Yeah, I mean, we would read every evening. We would read the Bible together as a family. We would pray for the people in our church. So there were kind of those disciplines that were put in place, but I don't think that they were like militaristic in the sense that I had to read my devotions. My parents were checking up on me on how much I was actually getting through or anything like that.
Yeah, I mean, we would read every evening. We would read the Bible together as a family. We would pray for the people in our church. So there were kind of those disciplines that were put in place, but I don't think that they were like militaristic in the sense that I had to read my devotions. My parents were checking up on me on how much I was actually getting through or anything like that.
I think that it was much more of an organic kind of just attitude. There's three siblings of yours.
I think that it was much more of an organic kind of just attitude. There's three siblings of yours.
In some ways, but maybe not in... overt ways in other areas. I was very invested in athletics as a kid because of that, because I felt like I had experienced something where God had given me this exposure to understanding what it was like to take advantage of walking in and out of a room.
In some ways, but maybe not in... overt ways in other areas. I was very invested in athletics as a kid because of that, because I felt like I had experienced something where God had given me this exposure to understanding what it was like to take advantage of walking in and out of a room.