Introduction

This article is addressed to the common sense part of you. I believe that religious values should make sense. They aren't something you have to accept on blind faith, or that violate your sense of justice or dignity or reality. The truth should agree with your common sense.

You'll notice as you read that I have not used a lot of teachings from the Bible to support what I say. I could give all kinds of justifications from the Bible for every idea I present, but what would that prove? People can also use Scripture to "prove" the opposite point of view. God's presence within allows us to see Scripture as true. It is this perceptive quality in you that I am speaking to right now.

So as you read this, I hope you will ask yourself, "Would a loving God create a world like this?" Or, "If I could design my own religion, would it have this belief?" Or simply, "Does this make sense?"

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