[boatbums]

You know, if I had been given a choice between the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches to belong to, I would have chosen the Greek Orthodox. Now, however, seeing what is thought about holy scriptures, I am not so inclined. How ironic that you both say “we gave you the scriptures” as if God was merely in the background. I have quite a bit more trust in him that he is the one who “gave us the scriptures”. He used men inspired by him and they wrote down what he gave them even when it could not have made any sense to them. When the Bible says “Thus saith the Lord...”, I will trust in what comes next. You are certainly allowed to believe what you choose, I have absolutely no problem with that, but you should be very careful to not cause another to stumble by causing doubts about God's word. It accomplishes what HE sends it to do and we can only stand in amazement when it enlivens a soul that was once dead.

[Kolokotronis]

“You know, if I had been given a choice between the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches to belong to, I would have chosen the Greek Orthodox. Now, however, seeing what is thought about holy scriptures, I am not so inclined.”

Well, there is certainly no requirement that you become Orthodox, bb.

“He used men inspired by him and they wrote down what he gave them even when it could not have made any sense to them.”

That’s a very Islamic understanding of the origins of scripture, bb.

[Kolokotronis]

“...you should be very careful to not cause another to stumble by causing doubts about God’s word.”

Can I cause doubts about the part where it says that bats are birds? How about recommending that the Johannine Comma or the Marcan Appendix be disregarded as fabrications or forgeries?

God gave us minds to us, bb. We are, after all, the “rational flock” of Christ as +John Chrysostomos calls us.