No, this is much easier (details within)

Posted by blue on June 20, 1998 at 01:56:39:

In Reply to: Editorial remark posted by Chris on June 19, 1998 at 14:42:51:

: This is where we will see the limits of blue's commitment to reason. Hold your breath, David, for I sense a cop-out on the horizon.

No, Chris, it is relatively easy to place the Bible vis-a-vis other religions and see that it lands on top.

I also do have a progression of reason, that I've begun to explain in my "we don't agree" post. I do, however, know that when you are a skeptic, which I once was, that this line of reasoning isn't strong enough to convince. It can't be shown to be wrong, but it isn't strong enough to convince a non-believer.

The only tough one is "prove to me that the Bible is true." I can show that it is probably true, and that it doesn't contradict itself or history or the human experience, but I can't prove it like mathematics. But there are still people who believe the Apollo missions were all staged. You never convince everyone. Skepticism is healthy, even about the Bible. But the more you study the Bible the more the doubts disappear. It is an amazing document.