Rattling in my head

 Over the course of the next several months I hope to post those pesky little thought that keep rattling around in my head.  I'm doing this,in part, to try to get them out of there so I can move on to something new but also I hope to provoke some thought.  I must make it very clear that my intention is not to try to win anyone over to my way of thinking.  I hope to recieve some feedback with an altermate point of view, not for the sake of argument but for the purpose of seeing the whole picture.  If you stand behind an elephant and never look at anything but his butt then your perception of that creature will only come from one point of view.  However, if you walk around the animal then your point of view,or opinion, can involve the entire elephant.
   So to set the playing field let me first lay out what I believe.
1. I believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God.
2. I believe in a literal creation of the universe that took place over the course of six 24hr periods (days).
3. I believe in the depravity of man (man is not as bad as he can be but as bad off as he can be)
4. I believe in the virgin birth of Christ
5. I believe that Jesus Christ was deity on earth
6. I believe that Christs crucifixion was payment for my debt of sin
7. I believe in a literal Heaven and Hell
8. I believe in the coming judgment of man
9. I believe we will spend eternity in either Heaven or Hell

   So there you have it in a nut shell.  Each one of these points deserves some discussion, which I hope to get to at some point, but the purpose of me posting these is so when I present my view you understand where I'm standing in relation to the elephant.
   Let me say one more time before I go,  I understand there are many out there who do not share the same core beliefs and that's fine.  I'm not the preacher on the street corner shouting "The end is near,  Repent!".  But, here lately it seems that each one of these "Christian" beliefs has come under violent attack, either by religions extremists or in the media and I don't fully understand the justification behind it.  Next post," The debate must continue!"