tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21812013.post-71809658660811240392007-12-27T13:08:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:08:00.000-05:00Just for the record pastor, this paragraph which you use to justify the validity of the Bible, has be confused:<BR/><BR/>"If the gospel writers were trying to fabricate stories to build up Jesus, they would be unlikely to include such a difficult saying. Likewise, by examining the things Jesus didn't speak on, we can assume that the gospel writers sought to be historically accurate. Two major areas of controversy in the early church were speaking in tongues and circumcision. The gospels don't record Jesus speaking on either. If the gospel writers were playing free and loose with history they could have put words in Jesus mouth to settle these issues, but they did not. Knowing that they did not shy away from Jesus difficult teachings, and that they did not fabricate things Jesus did not teach, gives me all the more reason to trust what they did record."<BR/><BR/>There is nothing there but assumption and conjecture. There is no evidence or proof, it is all circumstantial based on your opinion of what you think the gospel writers would or would not have included if they were trying to fabricate the stories of the Bible. <BR/><BR/>The questions regarding the validity of the Bible surround those stories that there typically should be scientific evidence for, such as the Garden of Eden, the Great Flood, the resurrection or even some historical record of the life of Jesus Christ separate from the Bible. <BR/><BR/>Your argument doesn't hold up which is the reason the preachy, I'm-holier-than-thou debate is going to the side of the atheists. By its very definition, faith is the belief in something there is no proof of. If you have faith, then end of story. You should not see any need to debate atheists because they can say "Look, there is no proof that this happened in the Bible," but to the evangelical Christian, the only response should be "I don't need proof." Such is the definition of faith. <BR/><BR/>Not everyone may have faith; but do we really need to beat a dead horse when it comes to the fact that maybe spirituality isn't important to everyone?Theodoretheodoredotcrunkletonatgmail.comnoreply@blogger.com