Darren,
I have decided to lock this topic because you have received ample advice and direction to your original question.
However, here is a link to a bible study by Ray that should be of help to you when dealing with people who want to argue about scripture. I've included a few excerpts as well.
René
FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,6452.0.html Today’s lesson is going to be one thing, one idea. I wanted it to be something that will be really helpful to you. I titled it Foundational Truths, how much truth do you need to set one free? In John it says;
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
So I want to give you enough information so that, on a rather simplistic level, you can take on any and all comers, TV preachers or people, you know. Because a lot of us run into people who will argue about Scripture and say, ‘yes God is going to torture people, because it says so.’
Is there a way to learn how to overcome virtually all of these hundreds of Scriptures that they throw at you? I think there is. That’s what today’s study is all about.
Now you don’t need to be a scholar and you don’t even need to be super intelligent. You don’t need any of those things to understand a truth.