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Originally posted by GT40FIED
[b]Right...but that site makes the assumption that the bible is infallible...that all of these questions can be solved by reading it.
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I can understand you saying that, and you're definitly not the first. But if the Bible IS falliable, why should do anything good at all? Why not go out and kill 10 people right now? What tells me I can't do it? The Government, you might answer. OK fine, where does the government get it's basis for right and wrong? It's simple, when you get down to it, all morals, ideals, and ideas of good and evil go back to the Bible. Without it, there is no all-powerful authority to say you should do this or you can't do this. It would be silly to argue that humans inherintely are good. Take a look around, and in the broad scheme of things, truely kind and selfless deeds are nearly nonexistant. Almost everything is done with a thought of self gain or self preservation, and I'm just as guilty of it as anyone else, so don't think I'm sitting on a high horse pointing at everyone else. If you care to admit it to yourself, you're notice the same thing about your own actions.
Which brings me to another important point: being a Christian doesn't mean being perfect or even good. It simply means being forgiven. All followers of Christ face the same problems, sins, and temptations as anyone else, it's just that we have someone to lean on when we're weak, forgive us when we sin, and a Book of inerrant truths on which to base our lives and everything else.