It's Faith, you either have it or you don't. I grew up Baptist, with Baptist parents, Baptist grandparents, etc. I found I didnt agree with everything our Pastor said on Sundays, heard a few things that made me doubt the relevance, or even the proper translation of the Bible I grew up with. I still believed at the core in SOMETHING, but didnt know what. So I learned about what else was there. I studied Judaism, and how early Christianity took its forms from it. I studied Islam, and how it is indisputably just as linked to Judaism as Christianity is, despite modern attempts to separate them. I went to Catholic priests and discussed philosophy and theology with them, went to services in their Church (although I did not take Communion with them). Later, I talked to Bhuddists and Shinto worshippers. I studied Aikido and learned about their peculiar blend of the two. I studied and practiced with Native American shamans and modern day Druids and Wiccans. Everywhere you go, there is a central belief in something, some BEING, above us all, a Creator. And then after all that, I went back and re-read the Bible. Plain old KJV, and all those conspiracy theories I used to have floating around in my head were revealed as nonsense. The Word is plain enough, if you read it with the intent of finding what you need. If you read it with the intent to find problems or inconsistencies, you haven't opened the right door. I can't give you Truth, no one can. If you expect to see something wrong, you will. Faith is funny like that.
