RandallFlagg
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Believe? I said WROTE? Know the diff?
Curious...did your folks ever take you to Church? Have you actually ever attended a Christian Church or bothered to find out what Christianity is all about?
Do you not know what the word "inspired" means? Do you not know that the Disciples were commanded to write their books by Jesus Christ? Do you not know that Jesus is God? Do you not know that the Old Testament is "basically" a history of the world, written by the Rabbi's? All under the direction of God?
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The reason I answered no to those questions is because the only proof of that is "because I said it to be true". If you don't take them at their word what you end with is a book or rules and stories written by man who SAYS it was from god. Since man wrote it, it has to be fallible and can be subject to manipulation.
That's a really really simple point that doesn't dismiss your beliefs. Can you at least agree with that?
Sorry, but no, I can't. It absolutely DOES dismiss my beliefs to question the very basis of my faith. Man, is indeed HIGHLY fallible. However, God INSPIRED those mere mortals to write that book. In MY view, it is not open to interpretation.
I once attended a class on the Book Of Revelation at the local Seminary. It is one of the most controversial Books of the Bible and has been argued back and forth for 2,000 years.
I have witnessed events in my lifetime that seemingly back up the foretelling of the "end of all things earthly". Everyday, it seems as though we inch closer and closer to the final battle. When will it happen? I have absolutely no clue whatsoever. But I believe that it WILL happen.
I then, in the course of my career in the military, had the chance to visit the sites named in Revelations. I stood on the Plains of Megiddo where Armageddon will take place. Both me and the 4 friends that had went there with me (2 of which were avowed atheists) came away with the same impression - sadness. And it wasn't a feeling of sad...it was a deep seated feeling of BAD SADNESS. I might point out that the 2 Atheists Officers had no idea where we were even at.
I have seen what human beings are capable of doing to one another. I have lived it. I have also seen the face of God, in the smile of a child. I have seen people die because they would not bow to a regime that despises God. I have seen people die for attempting to escape from a land that denied the very existence of God and condemned anyone who practiced their God given right to worship Him.
I have walked out onto my land and looked up into the mountains on a frosty morning, with a clear blue sky and wondered out loud, who could, after seeing the majesty of what I see, NOT believe in the existence of God? Every time I watch my Grand Children pray the simple prayers of childhood, I wonder how people can deny the simple faith of children.
And then, I see events in the world today and I am reminded that John, upon his revelation, reminded us that impossible times are ahead.
I'll stick with my God. I force nothing on anyone. Faith is up to the individual. God bless you!