I think this topic should be renamed, Getting to Know Neha. I don't envy you, what with having to keep track of everybody who wants your attention. Anyway, this is my answer to your message to me, above:Neha wrote:
With all due respect FL, you could be wrong. I just don't believe in God, the rest I do understand, there is no rocket science in the bible, its an easy book with a lot of interpretations, some good others not that good. I mean you understand atheism fine, by your post you seem to imply so. As a former "nominal" christian I understand christianity fine.
I think you guys are having a problem with my saying "I understand the bible". But to further the discussion why not we discuss a biblical topic, lets see how much do we really know.
I used to be a flight instructor. You don't have to be very smart to learn flying, you just have to have a lot of disposable income. Of course, it helps to have brains but deep pockets are more important. I remember two interesting students I'd like to tell you about. One was a man who had spent a lot of time on Microsoft's Flight Simulator and had flown a variety of aircraft on his computer. Eric - his real name - said he knew how to fly and was sure he'd breeze through the training thanks to all the virtual flight hours he'd accumulated. ''OK'' I said, I'll line the airplane up on the runway for you but you'll do the actual takeoff.'' Eric applied full power and the plane accelerated. As we gained speed, he pulled back on the yoke far too early and we took off at a dangerously low speed. Had I not taken over, we would have crashed onto the runway from a fall of 20 or 30 feet up.
I flew the airplane up to a safe altitude then gave Eric the controls. I asked him to do some simple things like slowing down, speeding up, climbing and descending. Everything he did was a mess. After he put the airplane into a turn, it started descending faster and faster. The engine began sounding like those dive-bombers in WWII movies. ''We're in a spiral dive,'' I said, ''this is dangerous.'' I looked at him and he was frozen with fear.
The other student I remember is Edith. Edith wanted to learn to fly because her husband was thinking about buying an airplane. She listened to everything I told her, watched how I did everything and then went about putting it into practise. She was sometimes tense, sometimes afraid, sometimes drenched in sweat, but she was never overconfident.
Would you care to guess which of these two students went on to get their license?
Neha, reading the Bible over 20+ times will not give you any bit of understanding. You know - because you've read it - that understanding comes from the Holy Spirit. Being raised in a Christian home and going to a church is all useless in understanding the Scriptures as well. To understand the mind of God, the Holy Spirit must indwell you. He doesn't, so you are very much like my student Eric. You have puffed yourself with your knowledge but you will crash because of your attitude.
To debate the Bible with you would be to to heap more sin onto your head. I won't do it.
FL
But it wouldn't exactly hurt if you knew me too. 
