Heres some things that your original post reveals if you don't mine me scrutinizing it :
By all means, I don't mind at all.
1. You may or may not have been a genuine Christian during your many years and service within the confines of a 4 walled Church Building. Serving in various capacities , faithful church attendance, reading the BIble, achievements, etc....does not qualify a Person as a true Christian based on the BIblical Standard which is the only standard that matters.
When you say genuine, do you by any chance mean I wasn't sincere and was just pretending? The only reason I ask is that all of these are synonims with the word genuine (you can look them up): sincere, honest, truthful, straightforward, direct, frank.
Also, what is the Biblical Standard for a true Christian, as you mentioned?
Im not here to challenge that, but, I did want to point out that there are loads of people who go to church as professed Christians...but they don't pass the only true test standard that qualifies them as a Christian IN GODS EYES according to this written instruction .
Again, what is this standard you talk about? And the reason I ask is that there isn't a unique Biblical standard that ALL christian denomiations agree upon, at least not that I'm aware of. Every single belief system presents a different standard... But please prove me wrong.
2. Whether the Bible is true or not DOESNT depend on how a Person 'feels' ; the credibility of the Bible is based on external common standards of truth including scientific and historical testing which also applies to ANY and ALL ancient literary works under consideration.
I absolutely agree. Personal experience is NOT an indicator of the 'divine-status' or not of the Bible.
Im willing to bet that you never put the Bible to this sort of stringent test (for whatever reason) .
Let's say I haven't, 'for whatever reason'... Have you?
Can you describe some of these tests you have put the Bible through which single it out as the word of God among 'ALL ancient literary works'?
3. Onto your final question : I believe in the Bible as the absolute inerrant Truth not based on any circular reasoning ,
What exactly to you mean by "innerrant"? Do you mean there isn't a single error or contradiction that can be found in the Bible?
And when you say "not based on any circular reasoning", I assume you mean that your belief in the Bible as the word of God isn't necessarily because that Bible says it is the word of God, correct?
but based on external truth-testing Standards that the Bible has been subjected to . I believe and have put to the test myself over the last 25 years , that the Bibles teachings is 100% accurate...
For example, what kinds of truth-testing Standards have you subjected the Bible to?
And do you mean to say you have found ALL of the Bible teachings 100% accurate?
...for how it summarizes The Human Heart, Spirit, Soul, and Mind, Motives, Desires, etc... in no uncertain terms both with myself and Other Human Beings..... in addition to providing a much better life grounded in great meaning, purpose, and fulfillment by adhering to its Godly wisdom, high morals and ethics, and lifestyle choices that are congruent to Gods very nature, character, and person.
If I'm not mistaking you yourself stated that "Whether the Bible is true or not DOESNT depend on how a Person 'feels'", so I'm not sure how the proposition that the Bible provides a much better life grounded in great meaning, purpose, etc., can be an indicator of its status of "divinely inspired".
Finally, I know that the BIble is truly inspired of God based on the intensive research ive done regarding fulfilled Prophecies about Kings, cities, tribes, Jesus, and end time living...
Honestly, I haven't yet done any research on Bible Prophecies and their fulfillment. I mean, I'm very well familiar with most if not all of these prophecies but I haven't gone deeply to figure out the time when they were written and compare it against the time they were supposed fulfilled. Have you done any research in that area? Please share.
...in addition to the unmistakable way that it has changed my life from being a full-fledged Narcissist on a quest for maximized Hedonism and making myself 'god' in authority ... to a Christ Follower whos basic character and temperament have been reconstructed and modified to reflect the very Fruit of the Spirit outlined in Galatians 5:24 . This is shared with countless people of ill-repute including hardened criminals and even mass murderers as a result of being drastically changed by The Bible and surrender to Christ.
That a person can be transformed through reading and following certain teachings found in a book doesn't necessarily make that book divinely inspired. If that was the case, then an endless number of books out there in the Self-Help industry should be considered divinely inspired, not to mention other religions' scriptures.
Finally, I have tested what the Bible says about God being our personal intelligent Theistic Creator as compared to our modern sciences....and find no discrepancy;
I'll get back to you on this one...
I do find big discrepancy between our Theistic Creator and pseudo-(unproven speculative) science that masquerades as 'truth' but qualifies as only religious faith that it occurred : Abiogenesis which says life was burped from non living chemicals...
Sure, Abiogenesis is currently a working hypotesis and not a fully fledged theory. Scientists acknowledged that they do not know for certain how life began in all its details...
...including the DNA necessary / a Human Beings great ancestor takes him back to a one celled pond scum Protozoa in an infinite chain of mutational accidents without a shred of meaning, purpose, or dignity that resulted in a Human Brain so complex that scientists report it is THE most complex thing known to mankind which cant be reproduced....yet blind random accidental mutations found a way to assemble it and kickstarted it into operation.
And now you have completely left Abiogenesis and entered into Evolution territory, yet you don't seem to be aware of it in the least. Evolution is indeed a fully fledged scientific theory and a fact, amply confirmed and verified. It's not random, Natural Selection being one of its key motors, although I really doubt you are familiar with it, as is clearly evident when you say "random accidental mutations found a way to assemble it and kickstarted it into operation.". I'm am not an evolutionary biologist, but I will investigate whatever 'legitimate' issue you bring up about Evolution. And I emphasize the word 'legitimate' because there are a lot of very weak "arguments" out there that just expose the ignorance of whoever presents these arguments. I'm talking about things like "if evolution is true, why are there still monkeys", etc., which is pathetic.
Such pseudo science qualifies as Fairy Tales for Adults (so, ultimately, they can live as they like unencumbered by Gods existence).
Irony written all over the place.
I have found that if a Person doesn't get their truth from the BIble, take the time to learn of its distinct truth credibility based on external testing sources ... that they will fall for any and every whimsical teaching that comes down the pipeline of Society which is anti-God foundationally. My signature below says it all. thanks.
I applaud the fact that you hinted on various occasions to having tested the Bible based on external sources, I now would like to see what kind of tests you are talking about.