==By continuing to use the word reliance you are confirming my original point about weakness of faith.
Are you saying that Christians are not supposed to rely on the Bible in terms of salvation, morality, wisdom and history?
If I read him right (and he has accused me of reading him wrong) but IF I read him right he is saying that a literal belief in and a reliance upon scripture is a sign of weak faith.
It is funny how Buck came on this thread accusing those of us who take the Bible literally of claiming that anyone who doesn't agree with us is not a Christian, and yet he comes on here and claims that those of us who believe in the literal interpretation of scripture or those of us who rely upon scripture of being weak in faith.
It would be interesting to see Buck's definition of "FAITH".
Personally I will admit to being weak in faith. But my weakness in faith will clearly not be strengthened by rejecting the words of God on the Tablets of Stone as documented by Moses.
Jesus chastised the Pharisees by saying [John 5:46-47] For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
I do not have enough "faith" to reject the words of Moses, for it would appear that a rejection of those words would go hand in hand with the ultimate rejection of the Words of Christ.
“Are you saying that Christians are not supposed to rely on the Bible in terms of salvation, morality, wisdom and history?”
Are you saying that reliance on the literal truth of the bible is a prerequisite to being a Christian?