There are many messianic movements, cults, and religions that can equally claim that "God/god/gods/goddess is/are "reaching out to man."
Also, let's let nitpick over where the literal Bible doesn't fit scientific reality. Otherwise we'll be listing things for days, starting with the geocentric Joshua verses and pi being equal to 3... Erik Baard _________________ I really don't like the word religion, but I use it because that is the word most people expect to see. Religions in general are man's attempts at reaching out to God. Christianity, however, is God reaching out to man. > This raises an additional issue with respect to the literal > interpretation of the Bible. Some people argue that the statements in > the Bible are exactly true even though they were made by men writing in > another language, who believed the earth was flat and was the center of > the only universe, and who were talking to an entirely different > culture. I have read the Bible cover to cover several times but have not encountered in my recollection a verse implying that the earth was flat. I could have missed it. Do you have a reference? ____________
