Why do YOU believe the Bible?

[OGIA]

Originally Posted by ReformedDave

OGIA, you wrote "RD, Christianity is what it is because of one man. That man has been proven with pretty good certainty to have existed. "

That's not 100%. 99% will not do.

"Experience"? How can one trust experience????? I can give you many examples where experience fails!

"With pretty good certainty" is for those who ask, not to convince me. Whatever I can't prove to myself by seeing, hearing, tasting, touching or smelling, I accept by faith. Now, you? You can either accept that Jesus Christ and Shakespeare lived or you don't have to. I believe they both did through intellectualism, but I also, and more profoundly, believe the Lord did because of the faith He's given me to believe His word. Grace comes into play, too.

So, no, RD, I cannot answer your query to your satisfaction (even if you are playing devil's advocate). The Lord couldn't everyone who asked Him, either. We all will have to die to prove what we believe....even the atheist and agnostic.