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how do you know God said it? You are taking the word of people who may or may not have really existed - who may have been only characters in someone's fictional tale.

And, I really would like you - or anyone - to give me 3 examples of prophecies in the Bible that have "come to pass with 100% accuracy." And I don't mean ones that the Bible said came to pass, I mean prophecies that you have actual proof came to pass, - pictures, living, objective eye-witnesses, something like that - not just more fables and myths.

Actually, God did not physically WRITE the Bible, and that would be according to any Christian church leader. He did not get out his prining press and make up the first hundred thousand copies, lol..... As far as the Bible prophecies coming to pass.... which Bible, again? I'm sorry but with SO many different Christian versions of the Bible, it is hard to guess which one someone would choose randomly. Also, the reason for your wonderings about why taxes cannot pay for imposing someone's beliefs is that it is there to protect everyone, common people like me and you. Many people are uneducated about the Separation of Church and State, but if you would like an easy crash course, you could Google it. The people who founded the ideals for our country, even if they believed wholeheartedly in Christianity PERSONALLY, understood the importance of there being a strict separation between government and religion, as well there should be. If not, America would be no different than all the places that we were trying to escape when coming here, where religious persecution BY the government ruled every aspect of public and personal life. No one should be scared into their belief system, and if the government used taxes to fund YOUR beliefs, it would be directly forcing it upon people who do not believe in what you do.... and forget about Athiests-- I'm talking first about all the other religions out there-- as well, like I mentioned, as the vast differences between Christian religions. Are you thinking that it should be more mainstream type of religious bullying, or something like Catholicism (hey maybe we could get some child molesting preists in the public school systems, just to suit people like you who are against basic American freedoms)? Or what about Jehovah's Witnesses? They are certainly Christians, and yet, they do not believe that any one, no matter how much they have sinned, will ever go to Hell. They don't even believe that most true followers of God go to Heaven-- they believe that they are reborn into a New System of Things after the Great Tribulation and the Battle of Armegeddon and only few annointed ones go to Heaven to be angels. Did you know about that? So, exactly which kind of Christianity are you suggesting we force-feed/'brainwash into the minds of our youth? What is the big fear with letting people learn and think for themselves? If they want to choose Christianity, great. At least they will be doing it themselves and not have it forced upon them. Goodness, Jesus himself was not baptized until he was a grown man in his 30s, capable to choose for himself-- and his Dad was GOD! lol.... I don't see any logic whatsoever in claiming that you think it would take more faith to believe in Evolution. Okay. So, you mean, it takes more faith to believe that parents really put the presents under the tree than to keep believing in Santa Clause at the age of 30? Riiiiiiiight.... Okay then, yes, you make a LOT of sense (if I had eaten a bag of PCP maybe)..... I see example after example of this: "Believers" clinging desperately to their ideas with no proof. They are terrified and offended at the idea of anyone not buying into the whole fairy tale as well. Well I don't get angry at "believers"-- I get annoyed with the outrageous zealots who want to brainwash our world, who think anyone who is not exaclty like them is a "sinner" and inherently evil (not that most of them know anything about their own Bible anyways, which makes their blissful ignorance even more insignificant) when really they just don't know anything different and don't care to learn about the differences around their world. Most people aren't born with the ability to see things outside of themselves, and don't care to grow into someone who does (wait, aren't Christians supposed to have compassion?) I know so many "good" Christians. By this I mean that they have educated themselves at least somewhat about their own religion, they are consistent in their beliefs, they follow the Bible in their daily life (extremely rare, even for most of the stone-throwers) and they have compassion and understanding about all kinds of people. I don't think being Christian-- or Muslim, or Buddhist, or Scientologist-- makes anyone evil by that fact. Absolutely not! I think that most of the people (though mainly hypocritical in their general lifestyles) are trying to do what socity and their families all deem to be the "right" way to live. And hey. If people need to use The Commanments (I am the only person lately who remembers that there were not just 10 Commandments and that really they were all ended with the end of Mosaic Law? Never mind. I'm sure I am wasting my time.) to keep in check their moral guidelines-- fine. The Commandments are pretty basic and decent, so fine. Good. But don't try to force it on people by using the government (that is SCARY!!) and learn something about what you are talking about please. Keep your eyes and mind "blind" if you want (only considered a plus in terms of religion) to other POSSIBILITIES, but actually find out what it is you are trying to preach about in the first place. Oh and please learn to respect the rights of the American people, granted by the American people. I have a hard time with people direspecting our Constitution-- especially when it seems they have not read that important document, either.

oh yes.... also, if you don't want to take the word of the Big Bad Athiest, check with the public school system. NO ONE is teaching Evolution as a belief system, they are teaching as part of SCIENCE, where FACTS are provided. We may as well do away with school completely if children are supposed to be taught to believe OPPOSITE of what scientific facts show to be true. Should you child fail World History if they answer on a test that they Earth is billions of years old? How are you going to explain that to your child? What goes next? If science and history are out, then what about English? Where do you draw the line? You can't have it both ways. You are either scientific or faithful. I'm going to be scientific.

Well, ma'am, I certainly should have been more clear and that is entirely my fault, and I take the blame.... I did not necessarily mean YOU think I am a big bad anything, just most people reading the post. And-- lol-- it's okay for the most part; Athiests are used to be discriminated against in the same way as other minorities. --Now, you cannot recreate carbon dating. You can not fake the age of molten magma from the bottom of the sea. You can not recreate bone dating of a skeleton that is over 10,000 years old, or a fossilized cave in which scientists found remains of a FIRE being started by humans over one million years old.... Or, you think that the Discovery channel is in on the big lie called Science and Fact?

I swear to... Darwin! lol... that I did not make up the Separation of Church and State! LOL.... I swear I did not make it up. You can find it anywhere. Do your kids read Amendments or just the original version? :-) Seriously, I should have been more accurate and concise-- like I said, my fault again. I PROMISE you that I did not make it up, though. I wish it were my brainchild but it isn't!.... Oh and for the record... Science terrifies me. We are in a sad state and the outlook is not good for our planet or our race. If everything that is in the Bible (any Bible!) turned out to be true, that would be great. It really would. I'd be wrong, and I would admit it and accept whatever fate awaited me. I'm not closed to any POSSIBILITY. But if I see an ice cube melt at one temperature, I will "observe" it to be true, yes, lol.

You are misinformed about so much, especially details about carbon dating, ROCK dating, skeletal remains and the like. Check your facts.... oh wait, that's right, you don't beleive in that. By the way, did you get a chance to brush up on your American History yet? Oh, or did you decide which Christian persuasion should be forced upon the masses yet? Did the Jehovah's Witness thing sound good to you? They might be making it up, though, like PBS, Discovery, CNN, NASA and every single other mass organization out there. You're probably right; I'm sure God put all that "evidence" there just to make sure people are keeping the faith. That makes a lot more sense. Oh another interesting fact: Did you know that 5 + 5 now equals 6? That sort of thought process ought to be right up your alley.