BTW - I love astronomy - thank you for posting that Hubble photo!

(Psalm 19:1-2) 19 The heavens are declaring the glory of God; And of the work of his hands the expanse is telling. 　²　One day after another day causes speech to bubble forth, And one night after another night shows forth knowledge.

(Romans 1:20) .　.　.For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world's creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;

Birwin4 - I guess you are misinformed about us. Approximately 10,000 of us are born again - including one of my best friends. What distinguishes me (Paul) from him (Mike) is not our belief in and acceptance of Jesus as our personal Savior - we both have done that.

Nor is it having the love of Christ in our hearts and letting our lives be molded by Jesus through the Holy Spirit - we both do that also.

Nor is it being born of God in the sense spoken of here:

(1 John 4:7-8) .　.　.Beloved ones, let us continue loving one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born from God and gains the knowledge of God. ⁸　He that does not love has not come to know God, because God is love.

In that sense Mike and I are both born from God.

So, it may be that you and I are using a different definition of being born again. Can you post the definition you are using?

Our belief is that only those who will actually rule with Christ are born again, all others who let the Peace of Christ rule in their hearts are those who will be ruled over and enjoying eternal life through the free gift from God through Christ.

We choose whether we accept Jesus in our hearts. Jesus chooses who will be his bride and who will rule with him and who will be the meek that shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5)

We have many enemies who will tell you lies about what we believe - I am sorry you have been so victimized. Why have you accused me of not accepting the finished work of Christ? We do as the Bible encourages us to do. For example:

(Colossians 3:15-17) .　.　.Also, let the peace of the Christ control in YOUR hearts, for YOU were, in fact, called to it in one body. And show yourselves thankful. ¹⁶　Let the word of the Christ reside in YOU richly in all wisdom. Keep on teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, praises to God, spiritual songs with graciousness, singing in YOUR hearts to Jehovah. ¹⁷　And whatever it is that YOU do in word or in work, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him.

And, since we disagree on some important points, do you agree we should sanctify Christ as Lord in our hearts in the way we respond to each other?

(1 Peter 3:15) .　.　.But sanctify the Christ as Lord in YOUR hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of YOU a reason for the hope in YOU, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect.

'born again' should best be translated 'born from above'. In other words it is a work of God by his grace to change us into the image of Christ and so make us children of God.

I do not subscribe to the idea that only 10000 have had God so work in their hearts that because of what God the Son, Jesus  Christ did for us, we are in a new relationship with the Triune God. God has been working in multitudes of people since Christ founded his church 2000 years ago. He continues to do so today without a numerical limit.

One interesting piece of Bible exegesis relates to the original usage by Christ of 'born from above'when he was speaking to Nicodemus. As a teacher of Israel Nicodemus would have been involved in the ceremony where a non-Jew was allowed to become a proselyte. He could not become a Jew because that is only possible through birth. In the ceremony 5 things were required by The Rabbi: a sacrifice, a prayer, a baptism, circumcision for males and a special ceremony. This ceremony was conducted by the Rabbi who had 10 Jewish males form an arch symbolising the birth canal. The proselyte was asked to go under the arch and when he came out the other side the Rabbi would shout' You are born from above(born again)'.

Nicodemus was upset at Jesus (Yeshua) because he had told him that he, a Jew and a teacher in Israel at that, also neede to be born again or born from above.

This is a similar limitation set by the judaistic tradition on who could be a legitimate child of God as JW's teach. Jeshua pushed this limitation aside by saying all ethnic groups need to be born from above not just non-Jews.