So do even the people who say there is no God agree the bible is largely a historical document? There really is no question when most of those books were written, and by whom.

There have been accounts of "Jesus Christ" in other historical documents. There is evidence found of many of the locations/things spoken about in the bible, even such an odd occurrence as the walls of Jericho, which were found to have fallen outward, like the bible describes, when the walls usually only fell inward due to attack from other nations. There are prophecies in the old testament written by many men, over hundreds of years, who had never seen or heard of one another, and yet one man fulfilled them all?

Whether the things these men wrote were true or not, it's a fact they know when they were written, and who it was written by. That alone is enough to get me thinking.

Someone made a comment to Geoff saying something to the effect of 'sounds like you would have to have had a relationship with God.'
I'm pretty sure Geoff does. It's a whole different world as a follower of Christ, having the holy spirit in you. Christianity isn't a religion, It's a relationship with what we consider our creator. Church isn't a building (as mentioned earlier), it's uniting with our brothers and sisters in fellowship.

The so called facts that science shows for there being no God, can show just as much that there is a God. There is a large movement of scientist that has been moving toward what they are now calling "Intelligent Design" because many scientists cannot find enough proof for their evolutionist theory, and are seeing more and more reason to think we have a creator.

There has never been anything made that did not have a purpose, and we are part of that. Just think about it; The coaster you put your cup on to keep from water stains, the felt that sits under your chair to avoid scratches, the twist ties you use to keep your bread closed. Those things didn't pop out of no where, and they don't just sit around waiting for us to find a use for them. They were created for a specific reason.

To think your life is over after 70 or 80 years and to live it pleasing yourself entirely is a waste imo, not to say I don't enjoy things and that I never do anything God doesn't approve, but if we still have an eternity ahead of ourselves, there's a lot more to this short life then partying.