Phantasman
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I agree, which is why I don't follow the Bible. The Gospel (message) is much larger than the Bible itself.There is no doubt each person brings their own prejudice and bigotry to their translation. This is one of the reasons why I say the Bible was written by man and not God.
What is truth and what is not is purely subjective.
"Truth did not come into the world naked, but it came in types and images. The world will not receive truth in any other way. There is a rebirth and an image of rebirth. It is certainly necessary to be born again through the image. Which one? Resurrection. The image must rise again through the image. The bridal chamber and the image must enter through the image into the truth: this is the restoration. Not only must those who produce the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, do so, but have produced them for you. If one does not acquire them, the name ("Christian") will also be taken from him. But one receives the unction of the [...] of the power of the cross. This power the apostles called "the right and the left." For this person is no longer a Christian but a Christ."- Gospel of Philip
Words aren't truth. The Spirit produces the "image" of truth in the mind. People see words and not Word.
It is spiritual, resides in spirit and revealed by Spirit.
In my view. No "thee's and thou's" above. But it is still rejected. Which is why the narrow path is.........well, narrow.