[Deathstar 80]

... and here we part company. My ability to reason is what allows me to function as a human being. If you wish to study philosophy, you would do well to begin with a thorough understanding of Rene Descartes, his exploration of existentialism, and his famous quote "Cogito, ergo sum".

I'm sorry. I received this answer from the famous preacher Billy Graham, but I misheard what he said. He said we can't come to God intellectually alone. We must come to God in faith, as a little child has faith in his father.

I understand that you place great faith in the Bible. There are a lot of other books (all written by man) that claim to be divinely inspired. Regardless of which book of faith one chooses, the bottom line is that blind faith in the divinity of that book is required to embrace it. Logic must be suspended in order to accept it as the word of God(s). Science is innacurate, and not only admits it, but openly embraces its mistakes in pursuit of knowledge. Philosophy, on the other hand, makes no claims to accuracy. Only religion makes claims of inerrancy.

Have you looked over the Bible prophecies individually? If you haven't, I urge you to. I'm interested in what you have to say about the individual prophecies. Also, you said that only religion makes claims of inerrancy (religion says it's without error). Would you mind telling the mistakes of the Bible? I know this would take a lot of time and research to do, so I completely understand if you don't want to do this. If you want me to and if I can, I'll be glad to try to find some questions about the Bible.

Also, you mentioned you were an agnostic (to my understanding, that's someone who thinks there might be a God, but they're not for sure). I just wanted to warn you that you're still in danger of **** even though you're unsure. God's not going to excuse you from his wrath just because you weren't sure if you were to accept Jesus as savior and lord or not. It's just as if you're standing in the middle of the road with a large truck coming toward you. Whether you believe it or not, you will certainly die if that truck hits you. Please examine yourself with the ten commandments:

1. You shall have no other gods before me
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol
3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God (using God's name as a word to express filth)
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
5. Honor your father and mother
6. You shall not murder (includes hating someone, Matthew 5:21-22)
7. You shall not commit adultery (looking on someone with lust, Matthew 5:27-28)
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
10. You shall not covet.

The Bible teaches that we can't get into heaven because of good works because we've sinned (if we've broken even one commandment, we can't go to heaven). This is why people become happy to hear that Jesus died for them. We have a second opportunity. It's by the grace of God alone (of sending his son to die for us) that we're saved. We simply have to accept the gift by accepting Jesus as lord and savior of our lives. The reason I've explained this (even though you might have already knew this) was because I've learned that most people still think they can earn their way to heaven, which the Bible clearly says they can't do. I mentioned earlier about how you're standing in the middle of the road with a large truck coming toward you. God gave you an escape to avoid that large truck through his son Jesus Christ. In other words, he's offering you life!! You, as well as all of us (being the human race as a whole), are given the choices of choosing life or death. Doesn't it make sense to immediately take life?!?!