I have come to realize that there are a lot of people out there that have a skewed view of the world and beliefs. I have encountered these viewpoints from those who have responded to my previous journal entries and from those I know personally. They seem to be very upset that I would even consider Christianity to be the only truth and not accept other religions as being true as well. As a Christian, I take the Bible at face value and as a whole. I do not believe bits and pieces that I find to be acceptable to me. I take it ALL as Truth and totally consistant. Sometimes, the Bible shows me my faults. Does that mean I disown those verses? No, I take them to be all Truth because I believe the Bible to be the Word of God. God has shown me, through His Word, that I am sometimes wrong and need to make some changes. I accept that. Yet, those that disagree with me seem to have a relativistic and pluralistic point of view. (more…)