Originally posted by jthursby:
Originally posted by Corbett:
[Proof? The Bible is 100% accurate.
 This is funny. How do you know? I mean how do you REALLY know?! Because somebody told you?
Because SCIENCE (dead sea scrolls, etc) have shown that the translation that we have today is ACCURATE when compared to the original text.
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If I told you Pamela Anderson created the earth and all the good things within would you believe it? Would somebody write about it 500 years from now and get the story one-hundred percent correct? NO WAY!  You believe what you believe based on "blind faith". I prefer a little more meat with my potatoes. I have a friend who has a doctorate (I believe) in theology and was a southern baptist minister for thirty or so years and a lot of what he says usually ends with "and this is the part where blind faith comes into play". This man has been at this for fifty years! It works for you but spare us the routine.
All right, if you prefer a little more meat with your potatoes then start doing some research on this topic. Go seek out the scientific findings on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and on other proof of the validity of the scripture. There has never been a time in our existence that God has asked us to believe in Him on blind faith. He says to put it to the test, find out the truth. And SCIENCE is proving the scriptures on a daily basis. I don't need BLIND FAITH to believe in my God. I look around at this world and see all I need to see to believe that something created it. I start doing some minor research and quickly find that scripture is true, and valid.
As for your pastor, man......I don't know what to say besides the fact that even pastors are human and are imperfect. I'm sorry you were raised with that, but if you would go read the Bible, I challenge you to find a blind faith passage in there.
And on a personal note, I would have left my faith by now were I to believe in God on blind faith. I'm not an idiot and I will not shut my brain off to believe in God. My faith in God is based on Scripture, life experience, and so much more. I think you would benefit by doing a bit more research.
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