Facing the Morally Bad Future

[Godscreated]

My faith is base on the reality of the fulfillment of all the scriptures, God said He would send His Son to atone for my sin and I believe with all my heart He did just that. We could go around and around with these verses, the way I see things here is that you want to pick pieces out of verses and use them to make your own puzzle. I on the other hand, take all of scripture and find how it fits together, and am able to see the picture of love God drew before creation. When I put those verse up I looked at them as I knew you would, so your reply is of no surprise. The whole thing boils down to this, you are creating your own picture and I'm looking at God's picture that's intended for all of man kind.

If you think it all comes down to perspective then I can't honestly say how you got your interpretation. Actually I can only guess from my experience. The church says things and no one questions it. A good example is the supposed authors of the Gospels... '...and this is the Word, according to the Gospel of St. Mark'.

The 'traditional' view of the Bible has more questions than answers if one sees it historically. The amount of mental backflips that one has to perform to vaguely see a historical Jesus is astounding. Now that I don't have any agenda but am merely guided by evidence and reason I think the interpretation that resolves everything is allegorical Gospels and Paul preaching anything but a supposed historical Jesus that miraculously was never seen by someone literate, despite his celebrity status wherever he went.

What is Christianity? How can you be so sure you're not a heretic?

Revelation through scripture, a revelation that comes from the Holy Spirit, asking for answers to things I do not understand and receiving them, very distinct and clear. I do not know who taught you while you were in church, but Christians know far more about the history of scriptures than you think we do, and we are encouraged to ask questions.