You don't even try to make excuses for your hateful and arrogant behaviour - I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that you yourself do not believe yourself to be a true christian, since you evidently don't follow the teachings of your bible or the black guy who died for your sins

it's just a book, what's wrong is to believe that it's the inspired word of god

Look at my pretty glasses.

-Elton John

It would have been inspired by the Word of God. Doesn't mean it is the word of god. I could write a dozen poems in a book about the Sun and inspired by The Sun....but it wouldn't be authored by The Sun nor would it be definitive of The Sun. The Sun definitely wouldn't be bound by it in any way.

I see what you're getting at, but inspiration is not the problem

This post was edited by Skinned on Aug 16 2015 10:49am

The Bible being inspired means it is literally the Word of God.

But it depends on the circumstance.

If we are trying to prove Christianity is the true religion, the Bible is literally the word of God.

Now, when there is a contradiction or inconsistency in the Bible? Then that's where we get a different point of view/historical context/not exactly God's word/blah blah.

This post was edited by ThatAlex on Aug 16 2015 11:01am

No. Christians believe it is literally the Word of God, period.

No, but I think that is what a bunch of powerful men said it meant

"Our word is literally god's."



I don't even care about any of that. As of now the Holy Book is a product being manufactured and produced for a profit by manufacturers, nothing more than another commodity to be sold.

I received a pretty deluxe Bible as a gift, it is really beautiful. I've even read a lot of it, it even has a "what this probably means" section next to it. I have an official Catholic Bible, the handbook of denominations, and a slew of other theology books from various times and places. None of that really matters anymore.

No more prophets, all profits.

This post was edited by Skinned on Aug 16 2015 11:13am

too many interpretations of the word interpretation itt

That's not what they said in the Resurrection story thread.

We were getting the whole "different eyewitnesses" and "historical context" and "different people see different things" and all that jazz.

So I think what the average Christian says about the Bible depends entirely on the circumstances of the discussion.