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Does “inspired by God” really means it was “written by God”?
- Thread starter gnostic
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NO.
For example: Many paintings are 'inspired by god' (opinions of), but god did not create the art.
With what apparatus would God write?
I would say the two phrases imply different conditions. "Inspired" would refer to an abstract thought, although the actual writing would still connote some sort of physical process, as well as using a common language.
Or perhaps one might compare "inspired by God" to the oft-heard "based on a true story," which means that it's not a true story.
No, of course not.
Out of curiosity, why did you choose this area to post this thread? It is not like this has anything to do with science.
gnostic
The Lost One
yeah, I realise I forgot to put the thread in a more appropriate forum, when I hit the “Post thread” button...then it was too late.
it was late, and I was tired & was already in bed , and it was my last post for the night, so my higher brain function wasn’t functioning.
if someone want to move this thread, I won’t complain.
gnostic
The Lost One
that was exactly what I was going to say, in my next post, I had put away my iPad, so I can go to sleep .
gnostic
The Lost One
yeah…I don’t buy into god wrote any scripture anymore than you do, inspired or not.
gnostic
The Lost One
Some Christians I have come across, believed that the Holy Spirit put the inspirations to the men who wrote books to the Bible, and think that these scriptural texts are as inerrant as If God wrote it himself.
I used to believe in such things, but not in the last 20 years.
I used to believe in such things, but not in the last 20 years.
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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less. '
Enjoy the night in thanksgiving!
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Actually, inspired by humans conditioned to think its inspired by God and then written down.
Creation: Mankind created all word and with words created a whole bunch of gods.
al_berk
New Member
We usually run into cognitive dissonance as we strive to ascribe everything good to God and everything bad to something else.
The "Written by God" claim needs to deal with all the errors and the wrongs in the scripture while "Inspired by God" introduces a human buffer that can be blamed for that without affecting God.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Absolutely not. Every written book ever known on this planet was written by humans. We can argue about whether any are inspired by God or not. But we cannot reasonably claim that God has written any book.
Exactly, I have been consistent about the very same scope.
gnostic
The Lost One
I agree.
inspired or not, none of the scriptures were by any divine being, and no scriptures are inerrant, as some theists would like to believe or like to claim.
it is not just the bible.
chinu
chinu
Inspired by God is = Inspired by own intelligence/mind.
Written by God is simply = written by God.
But, the better question is; why one need God's writing ?
PureX
Veteran Member
If one truly believes a given text was inspired by God, then they might give it the same authority as if it were written by God. And as we see, some people do.
What they overlook is that inspired by God or not, humans are still capable of misunderstanding the inspiration, and/or incorrectly conveying it to paper. So, inspired or not, the text remains fallible.
And the same fallibility applies to the human mind interpreting the text.
What they overlook is that inspired by God or not, humans are still capable of misunderstanding the inspiration, and/or incorrectly conveying it to paper. So, inspired or not, the text remains fallible.
And the same fallibility applies to the human mind interpreting the text.
gnostic
The Lost One
A question that would require some theists to answer.