jar writes:
GOD, the creator, exists or does not exist. The Christian God, or any God, can never be more than some minor reflection of GOD. Religion is no more than a creation of man and can never equal the actuality.
The Map is not the Territory.
In this old topic, I am reminded of what our old admin Ben said:
Ben writes:
Can the Christian God be known, in all meanings of the word (i.e. experience in 'meeting' God, in knowing all about God, in knowing what God expects of you, etc), without the Bible?
I maintain that GOD can be known through Jesus Christ. Critics may point out that my belief originates from the writings and bias of humans.
The counterargument is that scripture is inspired by God and not by the motive, means, and opportunity of human authors.
Moose writes:
At a basic level humans transmit ideas through time by storing them in some physical medium (books, cds, brains etc). The Bible is just a medium of storage.
Galatians 1:11 writes:
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
2 Peter 1:21 writes:
21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
jar writes:
What is considered Scripture will depend on which sub-set of Christianity you happen to belong to.
So are you saying in essense that even if Scripture came directly from GOD, humans would still pick and choose what they wanted to believe?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain "
~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.~Proverbs 28:26