Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: 6600wood@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Joseph Wood) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Bible: What is the Truth? Message-ID: Date: 2 Jun 91 05:34:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu * This is a serious question so please don't flame me for it * For many years I have been a person who has wanted to find God but has been unable to reconcile the differences and difficulties in the various Christian denominations. Knowing my struggles, a very good friend of mine prayed for me for over a year. One day when talking with me things came to a head and we prayed together. For weeks after that time I was in a sort of daze. I read the bible constantly and tried to ask questions of my christian friends whenever possible. Unfortunately, my bliss did not last long. I have always been of a sort of logical bent. I am one of those people that goes to movies and immediately notices what is wrong or foolish in them. This unfortunately is my problem. After struggling with my thoughts for a while, I went to some friends of mine and asked them if God told them what to believe when they became Christians. I told them that while I felt that I had experieced God in my own manner, no one spoke to me. There response unfortunately was no. I could accept being unworth more than I could accept the alternative. Anyway, I asked them, If God hasnt told you what to believe, where did you get your particular beliefs and how do you justify them against all the other people who consider themselves Christians. Who is right? Is only one person on this planet right or is everyone right. If everyone is right, what exactly is included in everyone. Unfortunately, their answer was silence. Everyone interprets the bible differently. I would appreciate someone telling me why there are so many sects, so many bibles, and so many people thinking that they are right and everyone else is wrong. I really would like to understand. Thank you.