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You can take all your “what ifs” and put them up against all the “what ares” God already revealed to humans. There are myriad religions out there in our world where people did exactly that - played the “what if?” game. Yet, the Creator and sustainer of the entire universe deigned to step into our space and time in the form of a carnal, flesh and blood human, born from a human mother in all the pain and blood and ickiness that entails. He went through childhood and adulthood waiting thirty-three years before entering the world stage as the God-man savior and completing his earthly ministry. He suffered, bled and died - feeling every bit the same kind of pain, humiliation and agony any human would in his same situation. He endured all that - even though he could have called ten thousand angels to rescue him - because he was doing it all for OUR benefit. He rose from the dead - after three days JUST as he said he would - walked around and spoke to people for forty days before he ascended into heaven and to this day he sits at the right hand of God the Father making intercession for us. The way I/we know all this is because GOD told us through His word. People didn't just make it up playing that "what if" game, God said it and it is why we CAN believe it and build our faith upon it.

The way I/we know all this is because GOD told us through His word. People didn’t just make it up playing that “what if” game, God said it and it is why we CAN believe it and build our faith upon it.

So your faith is in the bible, not God... like I have said..
You’re not alone.. many worship the bible...

Some worship their “church”... others worship saints and artifacts.. etc..
So worshiping bible lore is quite normal...

Jesus never said read the bible.. but go to the Holy Spirit..
That takes faith to believe in and follow the Holy Spirit.. an “invisible friend”..
True the bible is visible tangible literal... like an idol.. so I understand that..

Following the Holy Spirit you have no need of bible lore..
except as entertainment...
for more than 1500 years since Jesus MOST people could not read.. or wanted to...

Seems to me a silly God would require reading anything to determine anything..
Would take a weak God for that....

Most people I know.. and have known treat the Holy Spirit as a doofus.. a go-fer..
I think the HS knows where your faith lies.. textual or in statutes, artifacts or amulets(totems)..
You know... is Not a doofus....... knows “whats happening”..