Nelson,
Here we meet again, on the same subject. HaHa..
This is not only a reply for you.. but for others..
My opinion on the whole.. "what is the bible really for" question... I think the whole thing is a shield for people. You don't know how to deal with it, so you sit down with something you have tricked your mind into thinking you need.
My grandfather died a few years back ... and I had been walking with an older couple.. Never really had a problem with there religion, until they tried to shove it on me. When a person dies people are effected. That does not mean they need to start going to church on Sunday.. Or that "God had his reasons".
By saying this I might come off as bitter, an in your case you might tell me that I am just mad at him.
Anyway, this has gotten out of hand.. I still stand by my opinion.
---MastemaRose @-->--