Is there a god?

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You stated "Prove my Christianity wrong i dare you. "

Im sorry, but I dont know your Christianity, and I dont really want to prove it wrong. Just from that statment alone I can see you dont want to have a calm conversation so I dont know if will be productive to have a dialogue with you. You seem very agressive, and saying "my" Christianity to me is very strange and suspect.  Why am I already an enemy to you?

I guess you didn't get my sarcasm. The whole point of me acting rude was to get the thread back on topic. Guess i just caused more problems. Truthfully i don't want to argue about Christianity, i'm tired of it. However i would love to talk about God and the like. And i say "my" Christianity simply because Christianity is different for different people. "My"Christianity is by the book, common sense, ethics, morality, and human thought all which God gave me. I don't want you to be my enemy please understand. But you come in posting about the contraversies and misconceptions in the Bible and go on about how there is all things wrong riddled in the Bible. It's more like you come in looking for a fight. Sorry if i offended you, but i simply meant to get back on topic which just so happens to be something i want to talk about.

On a side note, I reccomend to everyone to read the New Revised Standard Edition of the Bible, as it is famous for its good translations and many helpful notes and commentary. It is used in many University classrooms for a good reason. 

Also i would like to recommend a book called The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer. Its an excellent book mainly for Christians and maybe even others because it delves into who or what God is.

I apologize for my long post. As to the question "Is there a God?" Arguments for and against to me are moot and almost meaningless. Lets say there is a God. Ok, now what do we do about it? We have to know what it wants or will do for us for this to make any difference in our life. That means we must also ask the question, is the Bible Koran or some other book the word of god or not.

I understand what you're saying. But know this, the word of God doesn't come through the book alone (at least according to Christianity). Anyways, "if" God exists, first you have to understand that just because you're Christian that doesn't mean that you are given eternal life. The Bible teaches us that the people who will be brought into heaven are from ALL walks of life, great or small, and from ALL levels of Faith, great or small. People may not be devout Christians but they may be shown the Mercy of God simply because God loves them all. Ok, so basically what i'm saying is that it's not about choosing the right book out of a bunch, God doesn't work that way. If a man (or women) really thinks deep inside they'll find God simply because that is how God works. He's not going to make getting into heaven difficult for someone, he actually wants people in heaven.

The question we must ask is not "What is the word of God?" but the question we must ask is "What is God?/ What is God like?" Because the Word of God isn't just a book, the Word of God is God himself. (see John Chapter 1)