“To those who think like myself, the Bible does not contain the word of God, it IS the word of God. This word was written, by many men, over many years, under inspiration of God. It is infallible, true, and life changing.”
I am sorry, but whether you like it or not, that is a leap of faith and not fact. What about the passages and gospels that were not selected? Are they not the word of God because the men that were ordained by God to chooses the passages at the Council of Nicea to be included in the New Testament did not choose those? I assume that if you believe the Council of Nicea, who chose the texts for the New Testament, were also God inspired? If that is the case, you must be either Catholic or Orthodox because the Council of Nicea also effectively created Christian Orthodoxy under the Papacy. If you are a Protestant, then you are a heretic under your own beliefs if you take that “leap of faith”.
You asked, I said. If, to you the Bible is not infallible, true and life-changing, then why have it? Of what use is it to you? Sure, it has nice morals, but with what authority? Why is it any better than Marx?
IF you wish to discount the Bible and its truths, feel free to do so. It’s your peril, not mine.
Biblical Morals, which you said you believed in will not grant you Salvation. That is The Law, which is not able to be kept.
‘What about the passages and gospels that were not selected? Are they not the word of God because the men that were ordained by God to chooses the passages at the Council of Nicea to be included in the New Testament did not choose those?’
What? Not sure I can follow that thought process.
The Canon of the NT was “chosen” by the Holy Spirit nor any man or men. Men only acknowledged what the Holy Spirit had already wrought. The Word created the Church not the other way around.