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Originally Posted by dotti34
K99 - I definitely don't want to get into a debate about the question I'm about to ask you - just a simple 'yes' or 'no' will suffice, thank you. Do you really believe everything you read in the Bible? 'Yes' or 'No'. If this is what you base your beliefs on then that is your prerogative - as is the right of those of us who don't. Please respect this right and stop assuming that you know it all, and that what YOU believe is the only truth.
By the way, my granddaughters love me to tell them fairy stories, either the old ones or ones I make up – but even at the ages of 3 and 6 they know that these are exactly that – simply make-believe stories……enough said!
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I am really glad you asked this question dotti34 because it is a very important one. I cannot answer it as briefly as you would like but will keep my answer as short as possible.
We only have the bible to tell us about God. There is no other means. So we have to decide whether we are to believe it or not. It falls into three parts:
1. Historical accounts—these are easy to believe since there are other references in history.
2. Things like miracles. These are harder to believe but since there are so many of them and so many recorded witnesses of them it is down to a person's faith.
3. There are parts of the bible yet to be revealed. No one can know how these will turn out but many make their own guesses and are often proved foolish as a result.
We have to make a decision to trust God's account even though it cannot be proved. This is called faith. I have personally decided to take God at his word since to do otherwise is to sound less than convincing. So the answer must be YES.