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Anyone who has a real relationship Christ understands the role the Bible plays in living out their faith.
This whole "Bible is an idol" nonsense is just an excuse to exercise one's own preferences and be your own god in lieu of dealing with who and what is in the book.
No, that's not true. Absolutely not true. For some mysterious reason, certain fundamentalists like to keep saying that, but it simply is not true.
I think it is quite the opposite. We who don't believe the Bible is the inerrant very word of God straight from his own mouth through the ink of the authors struggle MORE with understanding what God wants us to do. It makes us turn to God and ask Him for guidance and then listen and wait for the response, rather than flip frantically through the pages of a book looking for an appropriate verse to apply to a given situation. Sometimes the answer or part of it can be found in Scripture. Sometimes it's given in other ways.
The same people who reject the Bible today would have rejected Jesus if seen \ heard in person.
If we were rejecting the Bible, you might have a point, but what is rejected is the position into which you place the Bible. Instead of a useful tool in the guidance of the Spirit that was promised in its pages, you have made it its own authority and restricted the Spirit to operating within its pages.
Yes.
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Bibliolatry is quite common in Sola Scriptura Churches. But, what did you expect? They have ZERO tradition or history and quite often their ministers are not very well educated.
If we were rejecting the Bible, you might have a point, but what is rejected is the position into which you place the Bible. Instead of a useful tool in the guidance of the Spirit that was promised in its pages, you have made it its own authority and restricted the Spirit to operating within its pages.
Damn. Now why didn't I come up with that simple sentence that just say it so succintly? Alas, I must spread the love, nate.
Anyone who has a real relationship Christ understands the role the Bible plays in living out their faith.
This whole "Bible is an idol" nonsense is just an excuse to exercise one's own preferences and be your own god in lieu of dealing with who and what is in the book.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
No, that's not true. Absolutely not true. For some mysterious reason, certain fundamentalists like to keep saying that, but it simply is not true.
I think it is quite the opposite. We who don't believe the Bible is the inerrant very word of God straight from his own mouth through the ink of the authors struggle MORE with understanding what God wants us to do. It makes us turn to God and ask Him for guidance and then listen and wait for the response, rather than flip frantically through the pages of a book looking for an appropriate verse to apply to a given situation. Sometimes the answer or part of it can be found in Scripture. Sometimes it's given in other ways.
The idol theory gives people license to exclude what they don't want to believe.
If the Bible is NOT inerrant, then it has errors according to you. Who decides what those errors are? You?
I have not read the article where the Op link lead's, because of my wanting english, but I can join in the Op, because I think, that peoples are too much like biblical christian's, than spiritual christian's today.
The Bible is good book, but just reading to it, the man do not grow to the perfection.
Thank you Mikko, I agree with that which you have stated. It doesn't matter if one can quote the bible verbatim if he/she does not have the love of God within and flowing out to others.
Yes.
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Thank you, Sparrow. True this!
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