By DRC ~ The following is part 2 of a letter I am writing to my family to explain my doubts to them. Part 1 can be found here: http://new.exchristian.net/2010/12/letter-to-my-family-part-1-prayer.html C hristianity is founded on the Bible. For Christianity to be absolutely true, three things must be established about the Bible. It must be the inspired word of God, our translations must be infallible, and our interpretation of it must be correct. Curiously, this topic is never covered at any of the churches I’ve attended. It is simply assumed that everyone agrees with these three things. This is a very strange assumption, indeed. If I walked into a library and picked up a random book, my immediate assumption would be that a person wrote it, rather than an invisible spiritual being. Superficially, the Bible looks like any other hard cover book made of ink and paper, so the conclusion that it was inspired by God must be accompanied by some remarkable evidence. Divine inspiration cert...

By DRC ~  I am a 26 year old male, brought up in a fundamentalist church. I’m still attending and still actively involved there. The following is a small part of a letter I’ve written to explain to my family what I’ve been thinking over the last few years. I have one request for the readers of this site. As you read this, think about how a fundamentalist Christian would perceive it. I want the logic to be irrefutable so I’d love your feedback about how to make it so. I magine that a good friend gives you a phone number. They tell you that it’s the number of a person who “would be perfect for you”, a “mystery date”. You are told that this perfect match is overseas right now so you can’t see them, but they are a great person and they’re expecting a text message from you. It turns out they are with the same phone company as you, so all your text messages will be free! You’ve got nothing to lose so you send them a message. “Hi, my name is ______. I like pina coladas and getting ...