[b]MattBob_SquarePants wrote:[/b] [quote]I don\'t use any of those 4 to determine my beliefs about scripture being an authority. I just look at Israel. Everything G-d said would happen happened, or is happening. The odds are astronomical of an exiled people keeping a national identity through 1900 years. Likewise, by human reasoning, a few of the wars she has fought should have been lost. But they were not, and every day Israel stands a sovereign nation testifies to the truth of G-d\'s Word.[/quote] You just \"think\" that is how you base your beliefs. However, you are only using reasoning, by its definition alone. You see, you are saying, \"God said xyz would happen, and then xyz happened.. thus it is true... that is reasoning... B) -Matt