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To: ml1954; bluepistolero; xzins
I have a simple question. How do you know the Bible is the word of God? I asked bluepistolero and didn't really get an answer.

God gives faith. When you are in receipt of the knowledge that God created heaven and earth, that men are fallen creatures lost in the ether, that God gave Himself as a redemption for our sins, that Christ's resurrection was real and appointed from before the foundation of the world, that He will be with us always, then you become aware that you are a changed person. You look outward and upward, rather than inward.

The proof is in the doing.

And all this knowledge is to be found in the Bible, a complete and sufficient guidebook for every man on earth. Obey God, help your fellow man, love your children, make the world into a garden as a reflection of His glory, and be grateful for your life which leads unerringly back to Him.

It is exquisitely simple.

And I much prefer it to the alternative. Therefore, it is true.

1,139 posted on 09/15/2005 5:54:52 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

God gives faith.

If I understand you, you believe that the Bible is the word of God based on faith. How do you know your faith is right and others' faiths are wrong?

1,143 posted on 09/15/2005 6:01:01 PM PDT by ml1954
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
And I much prefer it to the alternative. Therefore, it is true.

One of the Roman emperors commanded the tides to stand still, but you have asserted that all existence bows to your personal wishes.

1,178 posted on 09/15/2005 7:04:15 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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