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Yes. I own two versions of the Bible, and I use google constantly to refresh my memory on certain passages that I remember poorly.
We are told that the Old Testament is 100% the word of God, because God Himself inspired the MEN who wrote it, and the prophets who prophesied. That might be true, to some extent. However, it is also a written history.
I love the Psalms of David, and the relationship he had with God. I feel the same as he did, in many ways...full of love and praise.
The new testament was compiled at least 78 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and was assembled from the writings of the apostles. We say that the New Testament was the word of God, because In the year 325 AD the Emperor Constantine declared that Jesus Christ was God. (It was sometimes said that he did so for political purposes). Jesus Himself never claimed to be God. He called Himself the Son of Man. He called God His Father.
Men will argue about this until they are blue in the face...but I do love the teachings of Jesus Christ. very much. I use them to uplift my spirit, and in some instances I find that they disprove SOME modern day churches and their beliefs.
Let us not forget for a moment that the Catholic Church made a decision to remove the Apocrypha from the Bible in its entirety. Apparently it did not entirely fit into Catholic doctrine. Some of it did...but not all.
So the Bible has already been cherrypicked.
I do not appreciate Bible study wherein a sentence will be cherrypicked out of an entire chapter in order to prove a point that some MAN or WOMAN wants to make. You can NOT remove sentences from context.
Perhaps I am cynical, but there is a great deal in the New Testament that states Jesus did this, that and the other thing in order to follow a prophecy that was given about the King of the Jews. It seemed to me that he deliberately set out to prove Himself that king.
My cynical viewpoint in no way separates me from the love I feel for God or for the teachings of Jesus the Christ, and I sincerely believe that there IS a Holy Spirit, who comforts and uplifts us.
We are told that the Old Testament is 100% the word of God, because God Himself inspired the MEN who wrote it, and the prophets who prophesied. That might be true, to some extent. However, it is also a written history.
I love the Psalms of David, and the relationship he had with God. I feel the same as he did, in many ways...full of love and praise.
The new testament was compiled at least 78 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and was assembled from the writings of the apostles. We say that the New Testament was the word of God, because In the year 325 AD the Emperor Constantine declared that Jesus Christ was God. (It was sometimes said that he did so for political purposes). Jesus Himself never claimed to be God. He called Himself the Son of Man. He called God His Father.
Men will argue about this until they are blue in the face...but I do love the teachings of Jesus Christ. very much. I use them to uplift my spirit, and in some instances I find that they disprove SOME modern day churches and their beliefs.
Let us not forget for a moment that the Catholic Church made a decision to remove the Apocrypha from the Bible in its entirety. Apparently it did not entirely fit into Catholic doctrine. Some of it did...but not all.
So the Bible has already been cherrypicked.
I do not appreciate Bible study wherein a sentence will be cherrypicked out of an entire chapter in order to prove a point that some MAN or WOMAN wants to make. You can NOT remove sentences from context.
Perhaps I am cynical, but there is a great deal in the New Testament that states Jesus did this, that and the other thing in order to follow a prophecy that was given about the King of the Jews. It seemed to me that he deliberately set out to prove Himself that king.
My cynical viewpoint in no way separates me from the love I feel for God or for the teachings of Jesus the Christ, and I sincerely believe that there IS a Holy Spirit, who comforts and uplifts us.
