also believe that He has been able to preserve the most important
->  JS> essence of
->  JS> His Word; the central message, of course, being Salvation through
Jesus
->  JS> Christ.
-> 
-> ...and you still don't understand that is the central word of *your* New
-> Testament that you and those like you have "Faith" in...
 
-> So Faith is one's loyalty to a belief or loyalty to an opinion. There is
-> nothing factual about it.  It is a belief. One may choose to believe
what you
-> believe or one may choose not to. Since there is no tangible physical
evidence
-> of your beliefs, you must rely on faith alone.
-> 
-> Others have a loyalty to a different belief system. They are of
different
-> Faiths.
-> 
-> Why do you continue with your bible babble? It's a faith based opinion.
-> 
It's a great comfort and refreshing buttress to your ego, to have someone
convinced that your beliefs are totally accepted, believed. It says "You
were NOT wrong, after all." :-)
Hell, I remember some years back someone actually agreed with ME! :-)
Ah, the good old day. :-)

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