mike the wiz writes:
But the whole point of the New Testament is to show that there is a faith that comes from God, by receiving the Holy Spirit, and through revelation. Not intellect. Now I could be the biggest bore and talk about confirmation-bias, memory bias, post hoc ergo propter hoc and the likes, but these things do not tell use anything about the faith that comes from The Lord Himself.
As I read the comments of someone who is clearly well-educated, clearly well-spoken, clearly passionate and positive about life, what saddens me the most is that you have chosen to spend what undoubtedly amounts to a large portion of that life engaged in a fantasy.
I DO NOT mean this in a nasty way, and I sincerely hope that you won't take it as such. I also sincerely hope that you are engaged in tangible charitable works or, raising a nice family or... any number of other productive things. The only point I make is that, in a very real sense, I consider someone like yourself wasted, as it seems that a major part of your life is spent in a fantasy world.
I HAD to say that to get it off my chest. Having said that, I thank you for your comments no matter how much I might disagree with them.
I'm glad cavediver found his wallet btw