There was a topic raised on this website that I frequent........the debate of whether or not the Bible is the inerrant word of God.

This is a tough issue for Christians and non-Christians alike, and one that I have struggled with myself. Truly I think that it is a question that all Christians must ask themselves in the course of their discovery of God and the development of their faith.

For me, this boils down to a matter of faith. For a long time I couldn't reconcile how someone could say that the word of God was not all true from beginning to end; to say there were mistakes was tantamount to handing in your I'm-a-Christian card and joining ranks with the agnostics. After all, how do you pick which parts to believe and not to believe?

But here's the thing I realized: it actually requires more faith to believe in God in spite of the fact that there may be mistakes or discrepencies in the Bible. I haven't made some great study of this, and I don't have any sources to cite one way or the other. Every person is responsible for their own beliefs; I cannot convince anyone to change. But I have grappled with the question and have come to my own conclusion that, either way, I believe in Him.