> The testimony of other people and the impact the Bible has had in their lives.
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>I agree with you. Thousands of years of guilt, fear, and torture, done in the name of Jesus Christ.
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>4. The Bible was written by 40 men in over 1,600 years - yet - it reads like one book and its consistant message is very clear and unified.
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>See above comment.
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>The Bible has been proven to be historically accurate.
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>You have GOT to be kidding me. Modern science can disprove many parts of the Bible. I'll be more than happy to go into them.
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>There are an enourmous amount of prophecies in the Bible that have been fulfilled.
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>Same thing could be said for many "prophecies" - general, yet easily interpreted as fact after the time.
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>Although many efforts have been made to destroy it - it still is the most popluar book of all time.
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>That it is. The greatest selling piece of fiction ever.
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>Man created God. Man created Hell. Man created the Bible.
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>One of my favorite Thomas Paine quotes from "The Age of Reason": "The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on nothing; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing". And let's not forget a great quote from Isaac Asimov: Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived".
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>Kevin

Kevin;

LOL!
Perhaps that is why they would not let us read the bible when I was in Catholic School! :)

Great comments! I am Catholic and practice my religion but I do have a mind that questions and enjoy comments such as the above. I still have faith in my religion but I have an open mind.

There are those who have heard me discuss religion from a historical, theological or philosophical context, and tried to convert me to the “true religion”. They did not know I am Catholic. So far no Catholics have tried to convert me. There are over 1000 different sects of the Protestant faith and I think that at least one member from each sect has attempt to “save me from myself”! :)

One guy found out that I am Catholic and said, “I was Catholic and then I truly saw the light”! I cannot see changing my belief system based upon the last person who confronted me. :)


Tom