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Some say I'm a backslider

Trackdayguy

Trackdayguy

Speed doesn't kill, it's hitting the wall
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.

So this is my new mantra.

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
 
Kenny

Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
Trackdayguy said:
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.

So this is my new mantra.

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
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confusing... can you explain better?
 
U

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
Trackdayguy said:
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.

So this is my new mantra.

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
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How do you hear the word of god through the bible when the bible isnt the word of god?

Isnt thats why you hear the word of God because it is the word of god?
 
Kenny

Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
Trackdayguy said:
Have you ever read the story of the lost son? Is it literally true. No its not, but that doesn't stop God giving you incite into the 3 characters does it
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OK... I think I get your drift... but I also think you misinterpreted that specific one...

Luke 15:11And he said
The Syriac and Persic versions read "and Jesus said again"; he added another parable to the two former, at the same time, of the same import, with the same view, and on the same occasion; setting forth the different characters of the Scribes and Pharisees, and of the publicans and sinners; and what little reason the one had to murmur, at his conversation with the other: (John Gill)

It's a parable.
 
Deeje

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
Trackdayguy said:
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.
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What would you know about the teachings of Jesus without it?
Why read it if you can ignore what it says with impunity? :shrug:

Jude 4..."For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." (NASB)

There's the warning.

So this is my new mantra.
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Who needs to hear it? You? Us? Or God? :shrug:

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
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But then, don't you run the risk of selective hearing.....? :shrug:

What if it IS the word of God and you are ignoring much of what it teaches? Will God accept your mantra? What if he doesn't? :shrug:

It remains true, that the easiest person on the planet to fool, is ourselves.

Your choices are yours to make, but consider what happens if you are mistaken.
 
Wotans Krieger

Wotans Krieger

Member
Trackdayguy said:
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.

So this is my new mantra.

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
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"Backslider"? Apostate more like!
 
Subduction Zone

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
stvdv said:
That is called "reading between the lines"
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Better to do that rather than taking the Bible literally. Only a psychopath can even begin to do that. Though many will claim to do so, none that I have met will follow the Bible when it comes to the Bible's rules on killing various sinners.
 
Truthseeker

Truthseeker

Non-debating member when I can help myself
Trackdayguy said:
I'm not trying to disprove the Bible, I'm just trying to find out what it says. What I know for sure is that it isn't God's word, nor should it be taken literally.

So this is my new mantra.

"I don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I believe the word of God is what I hear through the words of the Bible"
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That is close to what I believe.
 
stvdv

stvdv

Veteran Member
Subduction Zone said:
Better to do that rather than taking the Bible literally. Only a psychopath can even begin to do that. Though many will claim to do so, none that I have met will follow the Bible when it comes to the Bible's rules on killing various sinners.
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And if you had met them, you would be too dead to write it on RF.
 
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