[carumba]

Herein you are making an assumption that the Bible is God's Word. You assume that because the Book claims to be the Word of God, and people you respect claim it is the Word of God. You have no empirical evidence that this is actually the case....There is the rub. To approach God you need more than intellect. Empiricism is woefully inadequate to discern holiness, the divine, or the will of God. Simplest way I know is go to him in prayer. Too proud to try that? The only other alternative is wait till your dead and hope that you can repent in the hereafter.

[patriot_wes]

"The only other alternative is wait till your dead and hope that you can repent in the hereafter"

poor junior....there is no repenting in the hereafter. (Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment) ... Shalom