The church teaches that the writers of the Bible were guided by the Holy Spirit, thus the scriptures become the very word of God. Of course, if you discount the veracity of scripture, I'm sure you view the church with a even more jaundiced eye.
By tradition and REASON, as God gave me a mind to think...ahd I think NOT that God's entire universe was created in six 24-hour days.
You substitute the darkened wits of man for the eternal God. God gave you a mind so that you could learn His ways and worship Him, not so that you could deny Him and worship at the altar of Reason and Knowledge, but that is what sinful man is apt to do. Yet the foolishness of God is greater than the wisdom of man.
I also think that God allows for persons believe as they believe...
Indeed He does, but his longsuffering with unbelief should not be construed as approval. He holds those who do not believe accountable.
The Bible is neither completely true, nor is it completely [false]
Then it is meaningless as a guide to God and suspect as a guide to life. If scripture is nothing more than a hint book-with false leads thrown in to boot-we are left to conclude that God (or more likely his self-appointed acolytes) are nothing more than jokesters.
If I believed as you do I would not call myself a Christian. But then again, I don't know if you have either, so I might be presuming upon our conversation.
the church at one time also taught that the earth was the center of the universe and the center of the solar system and persecuted those who proved differently. It also taught that witches existed and that they should be burned at the stake.
You substitute the darkened wits of man for the eternal God. God gave you a mind so that you could learn His ways and worship Him, not so that you could deny Him and worship at the altar of Reason and Knowledge, but that is what sinful man is apt to do. Yet the foolishness of God is greater than the wisdom of man.
Nope, God gave man a mind to reason...he also gave us the freedom of choice whether or not to worship him.
Then it is meaningless as a guide to God and suspect as a guide to life. If scripture is nothing more than a hint book-with false leads thrown in to boot-we are left to conclude that God (or more likely his self-appointed acolytes) are nothing more than jokesters.
It is no more worthless as a guide than a road map is to a unknown distant place.
If I believed as you do I would not call myself a Christian. But then again, I don't know if you have either, so I might be presuming upon our conversation.
Well, I do call myself a Christian but one apparently very unlike yourself in that I am not a judgemental one.