The motivation and the beginning...

This blog will be a loose record of a religious book study carried out by myself and my brother Joe. As all searches for the truth, we are open to your comments and constructive criticism as long as they are respectful and truly constructive. Thus, we will moderate comments.

It is VERY important to understand the motivation behind this blog. Most people ask "do you believe?" For example, "Do you believe in God?" "Do you believe in Miracles?" "Do you believe in original sin?" We don't think those are very interesting questions until you have a basis for asking them. So, for us, a more fundamental question is to first examine our beliefs in light of their utility in our lives. In other words, "Should you have faith?" "Should you believe in Jesus Christ?" If we logically and empirically believe that your life requires such a position - only then do the other questions matter. One other point about this is that we both consider ourselves educated and skeptical. Thus, our study of holy books are with an objective, scientific point of view.

We are beginning with the gospel of John and the book of proverbs (one from the old testament and one from the new); however, we do not plan to only constrain ourselves to the Bible. In terms of disclosure, we were both raised Catholic but are now Christians.

As way of introduction, we grew up in a household where are mother was religious and forced us to attend church but are father was agnostic.