I'm curious: why do you believe it? What convinced you?
What convinced me was the everyday struggles I had to face while growing up in a very religious family. While we were religious, I felt as if something was missing. I felt as if life had no purpose at all. As I said in an earlier post, I was baptized Mormon in Salt Lake City, and I had no choice but to learn more about the practice that I had taken on. So it went with all of the religions I was baptized in.
After many years of searching, after many years of seeing what I believe to be supernatural occurances (Miracles if you will), I started yet another search trying to discover what, if any, God seemed to exist, and how I could get to know Him. Many things in my life were changed as a direct result of my search.
I believe some try to discredit the Bible and its principles, while others try to find another "something" to believe in. I'm in the latter category. I've never thought of trying not to believe, and it seems that some people are willing to do so.
Yes, I agree, some will NOT find truth in the Bible, while others, like myself, see it as being the only truth.
The Bible I read is based on being written by men through "Divine inspiration from the Holy Spirit." No other book can proclaim that. While I believe there were other great men who wrote books, not in the Bible of Christians, under divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the interpretation of those books exceeded what the author meant for revelation. They were taken out of context and religions were formed solely on those writings.
But yes, you are very right in saying that "all members of all faiths must acknowledge that all faiths are purely a matter of faith..." |
