Introduction: AN Answer vs THE Answer

"Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer. Rule of Acquisition - 208."
- Grand Nagus Zek and Quark - (Star Trek DS9 Episode: Ferengi Love Songs)

Questions. It has been said that they are grammatical equations which makes them very similar to solving math problems. If there is anything I understand about questions, it's that they have AN answer and THE answer.

An answer is something like, 2+2=3. But THE answer is 2+2=4. The difference may be summed up as a matter of opinion vs a matter of fact. However, even facts tend to be something agreed upon, at least on the surface. As in, when we agree that signs represent certain phenomena such as numbers. And since questions have answers similar to math problems having solutions, once the answer or solution is confused, the war begins.

All religious beliefs invoke certain questions that can subject the believer to a test. And depending on the question, that test may evoke very strong emotions.

I think that religious questions should be subjected to an intellectual fire test. You know, "tried in the fire" to see if it it will hold up. Because if one's religious beliefs can't hold up to intellectual fire, are they really worth having?

This set of questions, though, is specific to Judeo-Christian and Holy Bible based beliefs. Two main reasons for this:

1. To see just what is agreed upon on certain tenets of the religious beliefs.
2. To see how much one knows about their religion.

Since the Holy Bible is the best-selling book of all time in literature whether fiction or nonfiction, and Christians outnumber any other religious group on the planet, I want, even need to know just what THE answer to these questions are as opposed to AN answer.