You guys all get your panties tied up so easily.
I'm going to address a few key issues I read about:
1. The bible and it's 'evolution' by way of those like constantine is one of the biggest arguments in the bible society. But what you don't know is that we still have the originals... the ones that were written before constantine ever got his hands on them, and they have been verified. People who spends their lives studying the bible are seeking truth. Those who translate it have the same desire... to make it as accurate as possible. Every scroll that is found is scrutinized by thousands of philosophers, archaeologists, and the like. We don't want to have some candyland book where people just randomly threw a bunch of stuff together. What good would that do for anyone? The bible is the #1 most copied book in this world... that simply wouldn't be the case if it was all garbage.
2. Prove the bible is true? If we could prove anything, it would be fact. But we can't prove evolution and we can't prove intelligent design and we can't prove whether or not there's a Great Giant Chicken on the throne in the clouds. The truth is that all we have are the writings of the past. Whether we can prove these writings is not really possible because we can't ask the writer and we can't witness what the writer wrote about. All we can do, however, is look at the sheer mass of writings, which all tell the same story. Some of you have heard me say this before, but I'll use Alexander the Great as an example. EVERYONE knows Alexander the Great. He's in history books all over the world. But the truth is that we only have ONE (1)(Single)(not two or more) historical record that Alexander the Great existed. There were over 900 written accounts telling of Jesus' Death and Resurrection. There are over 24,000 documents we have proving and reinforcing the validity of the writings in the New Testament alone. Is this proof? Of course not! But would 24,000 people's stories, all strikingly similar, help me to believe? Yes. I'm not going to believe what the Mormons say because it was written by a dude named Joseph Smith in 1830. It's only one story, not 24,000. It's recent. It's not archaeologically sound - e.g. we never found the gold coins.
3. Hitler could very well be in heaven. We hear things like "streets paved with gold" and "pearly gates," but that's just the product of a God trying to describe His home in a way that we would understand. You have to look at every verse encompassing Heaven allegorically. The bible says you'll have many treasures in heaven for the good works you do here... that doesn't mean you should mow your neighbors lawn every week so you can build up your divine Mr. T necklace collection. It simply means that there is value in doing good works down here. The treasures are yet another allegory which God uses to try and get us to understand HIS world in OUR language. Treasures can mean anything... My daughter is my most valuable treasure on this whole earth... that's not monetary, but it is valuable. I can only assume that I will appreciate something of similar "value" up in heaven.
4. But you have to be VERY careful about "works" with reference to heaven. The second ANY religion says you have to DO something to get to heaven, it's blasphemy. First, it means that there's an opportunity for people to compete with each other, and that's ultimately a divisive tendency - being better than your brother. It's rooted out of vanity and lust for material things, and that clearly contradicts what Jesus came down to do. The whole reason Jesus came down and died was to put us all on the same level... he even put Himself on the same level as us. It's blasphemy whenever you try to break that up. That's another reason I don't believe mormonism... you have to do works in order to gain salvation. Seems like a shady operation when someone ELSE tells you what God wants for your life. That's between you and God. The bible shows us how others did it.