For some, the conclusions that will be reached in these articles will be starkly different than the beliefs that they might currently have. I encourage you to have an open mind and be a Berean and check things out for yourself. If anything that you read upsets you, I would encourage you to ask why. There are definite emotional attachments that we all have to anything that we grew up with. But I have learned that at the end of the day, it is not my opinion or yours that matters or what anyone believes. But the only thing that counts is the truth, no matter how different it is from our current beliefs. New ideas should never threaten your walk with God. If approached in the right way, they should only strengthen it. Are there questions that we should not ask? Is there any question that God cannot handle?

If we have come to the point where we have stopped asking questions, or feel threatened in any way because we have encountered a differing opinion, then somewhere down the line we have stopped seeking the Truth and have entered into the Doors of Religion.
So relax as you read what scripture has to say regarding these topics and keep an open mind to the possibility that just because we have always believed something, doesn't mean it is completely accurate. It is time that we critically analyze what we believe and find out how much is fact and how much is tradition.

Let the Bible alone be the determining source for our doctrine. And let the doctrines and traditions of men fall into oblivion.