Josh McDowell

[salty]

That's because there is no answer that will satiate your desire to "understand" Christianity. If there was your questions would have been answered a long time ago. People who seek to understand, understand, people who seek to mock, misunderstand and mock. I agree, that's a big number.

I understand perfectly well. It's just unlike you, I want evidence. You cannot provide that. Also I don't presuppose anything like you do. Evidence first not baseless assertions. You don't have to believe in something in order to understand it.
Besides all religions deserve to be mocked. Such funny, strange and crazy beliefs.

I definitely agree that you do not have to believe in something in order to understand it. I respectfully disagree on many points with a Buddhist I know, I respectfully disagree on many points with an atheist I know (in person) and yet, I never once ask for evidence for their beliefs, instead if I'm interesting in pursuing something they tell me I ask them about their source and evaluate the source in my own time. Have any of you given the Bible a fair evaluation, reviewing the evidence with respectful evaluation? Recently I have been learning about Buddhism, while I study Japan, and I find many of the things I discover interesting, there's wisdom in it, I respect it, I'm tolerent of it, but I do not accept it as my own belief. Can you do the same? Do you have an ounce of respect in you, so you can evaluate something without spitting insults?