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Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:58 PM

Hello, good afternoon, Br **..

I read whole Bible five years ago as a secular person. Still I am secular, but I evaluate Christian values a lot. In my impression Bible is basically a book of historic record of Jewish people and their activities, so faith is very different from what this record says. Faith is a matter of our mind, not knowledge.

Christianity in general starts from one premise which is humans are imperfect. This thought derives from what Adam did, so-called an original sin. But every time I hear humans are imperfect, I feel very dubious if they are.

I think humans are perfect. Yes, they often make a mistake. But making a mistake is not a sign of imperfection, rather a hope to further development in future.

Everlasting life doesn't mean individual's immortality at all. Rather it means humans' prosperity will last forever. In today's world our life expectancy is expanding thanks to a development in medicine and organ transplant, etc. , but immortal is nothing but a fear. We live limited lives, therefore we strive.

So here's my questions. Are really humans imperfect? and what is the real meaning of everlasting life?

Best wishes,

Mer

In reply to --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Carlos wrote

Dear Mer,

Yes sometimes I find things in the Bible that I never knew were there.

But I guess part of education and learning is finding new points to add to our already existing knowledge.

In fact, a scripture you might know very well is recorded at John 17:3...these words are Jesus' words, and he said :"
This means everlasting life, there taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one you sent forth, Jesus Christ".

So Bible knowledge through study and APPLICATION of what we learn equates to everlasting life for us individually in the future.

Thus I implore you to carry on your studies of the Bible with a view of applying what you learn.

Please ask me any other question at anytime that you may have in your mind.

Carlos