What do "you" believe?

[Unveiled Artist]

Why did you put "you" in quotations in the subject line?

I was wondering if people had their own opinions or are they from the bible verbatum "You" meaning your opinions not the apostles.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Cool.

How can it be both?

"It cant be both. You cant depend soley on scripture and still maintain views that contradict it. Likewise, you cant be totally depended on your views before you do scripture. In this case, your views are not in scripture"

Unless maybe someones opinions are scripture and they have no opinions of their own

Maybe they have opinions, but if they are good they contribute to God...so its not their own if its good but if its bad (say a sin) then its all them?

Or maybe they cant separatw their opinions from scriputure

Dont know.

It can be both. I'm a Christian who considers historical & cultural relevance when reading scripture. Therefore, I don't accept every word to be literal. For the most part, I believe that the majority of Christians adhere to the same core tenants of faith. For me, in my faith walk, I depend on Christ Jesus - his mercy & forgiveness. The only way to fulfill the law, as per scripture, is to love, for when we love, we fulfill the law to the fullest.

Why would I invest an overt amount of time preaching fire and brimstone when love freed me from it?

 

[Thanda]

To those abrahamics who "rely" on religious scripture (of any kind) as the basis of your faith? (Meaning, you cant live without it)

Do you believe in your faith because it is what You believe or what the scripture tells you to believe?

You are either depended on scripture; it shapes your morals...your worldview is from scripture alone.

Or

You are not depended on scripture. That means you can have Good Morals even if they contradict your scripture AND you chose not to follow those values because it does contradict.

It cant be both. You cant depend soley on scripture and still maintain views that contradict it. Likewise, you cant be totally depended on your views before you do scripture. In this case, your views are not in scripture.

If your views ARE scripture tell me if you have any opinions of your own or is it scripture verbatum.

There is a third option. You could be getting your morals from God himself through revelation

 

[Unveiled Artist]

There is a third option. You could be getting your morals from God himself through revelation

Hmm. Thats a good answer.