This questions stems from ideas generated by The Atheist Experience youtube video I watched at Xyster's request.
What is the Bible? Is it the inerrant word of God? The living interpretation of God's will? An idol? What does the word Bible mean to you. I'll start off with my view and let other's add theres.
When I say the Bibe, I don't typically speak of versions or languages. I typically read many different translations to include the dead sea scrolls, apocrapha, torah, KJV etc. I consider the Bible the collected ideas of Christianity and Judaism, written by men, inspired by God, about God and Jesus' life. I give it no more weight than the building our church meets in, or MCSA study book. True I have a deeper emotional investment in it than the former book, but It's the message not the words that matter to me. The goal not the tool. The finish line not the race... etc.
What is the Bible? Is it the inerrant word of God? The living interpretation of God's will? An idol? What does the word Bible mean to you. I'll start off with my view and let other's add theres.
When I say the Bibe, I don't typically speak of versions or languages. I typically read many different translations to include the dead sea scrolls, apocrapha, torah, KJV etc. I consider the Bible the collected ideas of Christianity and Judaism, written by men, inspired by God, about God and Jesus' life. I give it no more weight than the building our church meets in, or MCSA study book. True I have a deeper emotional investment in it than the former book, but It's the message not the words that matter to me. The goal not the tool. The finish line not the race... etc.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
