Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral

[ether-ore]

It is after all a choice isn't it? Each individual has to make this decision for himself.

But, to answer you question:

The story is that Jesus Christ suffered, died, was buried and rose again the third day. All of the Old Testament prophets testified of the mission of Jesus Christ. All of the prophets witnessed, reported and prophesied of how God deals with His children's wickedness, their righteousness and gave them guidance on how they could be saved if they would but repent. I find all of the information in the Bible, The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price to be consistent with each other in terms of the plan of salvation. All of these records from the time of Moses (who recorded events prior to his time) up until the present testify of the same thing... that Jesus is the Christ. I, myself find these records to be consistent and coherent.

The other accounts you mentioned do not carry the same weight for me. Those reports are not corroborated by other records and neither do they cover a similar amount of time with the same degree of consistency.

I've no doubt that my answer will not satisfy, but I'm really not trying to convince or convert anyone here. I'm just here to express an opinion. Never at any time did I expect my opinion to be accepted.

I was just responding to an original post and then tried to answer follow-up questions to the best of my ability.

Can you give us examples of evidence that the bible has behind it that any other holy book lacks? Oh, and evidence found inside the text it's supposed to support doesn't count.

As I said, I do not believe I can provide any answer that will satisfy. All I can do is relate what the collective scriptures tell me, and that is that I believe we are all eternal beings who are currently in one stage of progression from one state to another. From an eternal perspective, we are in the third stage of our progression and what we do in this life; the choices we make, will affect where we go after mortality is over. So, what I get from the scriptures I accept and believe in is an eternal perspective. That this life is not the be all, end all of our existence.