Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES
Never been to USA but I plan to visit one day and meet as many JPF friends as I can........interesting to find out why that question was asked...seems out of context.


If you have not been to America, then how do you know it exists? This may sound strange but you are basing your belief on the same evidence Christians use to back up their belief. You are going by what you've heard from others and I've quoted you below from an earlier post you made concerning proof.

In a while I will go outside, get in my car, start it up, and drive to church. I believe that more than I believe anything else I guess. However, my car could have been stolen last night, I may have a heart attack before I get in the car, the battery may be dead, and I may have an accident before I get to church, so what I believe may be wrong. If proof is needed, I suppose my past experience proves I will indeed go outside, get in my car, start it up, and drive to church than my past experience proves the existence of God. However, my past experience has also proved my battery does go dead and I do have accidents, so what I believe so deeply may be wrong.

Another thing I do is lock my doors to keep people out of my house. My house has been burglarized even though the doors were locked. It only happened once. Till I was 51, I could have said "no one will ever break in my house" because no one ever had. That could have been a belief based on what I knew. I could have been sincere but I also would have been wrong.

Like I said, with the evidence presently available, I can't prove the existence of God (Jesus) any more than I can prove I will go outside, get in my car, start it up, and drive to church. Never-the-less, I think both things will be proven true in time. As the Bible says, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Might as well start now.

Now, concerning whether America exists, consider:

Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES
...how do you know?...you were not there and you only have some letters written many years after his death testifying that he was the son of God and therefore perfect....and to all the other things that supposedly happened I can only say the rules of hearsay and non admissable evidence applies ....how do you know they were telling the truth?...people have been known to exaggerate, tell lies and try to make things fit their own agenda........