No Sir! The Christian Bible is no truth to a Jew or a Muslim or Hindu or a Buddhist or a Wiccan for that matter -- because he or she does not believe in what it proclaims.
As to what is "Scripture" is entirely dependent on what you are willing to believe. The Koran is no scripture to me, and the Gospels are no Scripture to a Jew, just as the Book of Mormon is no scripture top any Christian.
Kosta to FK: And you continue to write as if you know what God thinks
FK to Kosta: I have never relied on my "view" of what God "thinks", in the ether, I rely on what He says, in the scripture
Really? Funny, isn't it, that what you read God says in the same Scripture is not what other Christians see in it? Unlike you, I trust that the Church has better understanding of the Scripture, bsed on Tradition and collective knowledge. You, on the other hand, trust what you read in it as the truth. So, either way, it all falls down to the common denominator -- that you "know" what God is saying.
No Sir! The Christian Bible is no truth to a Jew or a Muslim or Hindu or a Buddhist or a Wiccan for that matter -- because he or she does not believe in what it proclaims.
You misunderstand me. The Bible isn't true because I say it is, I was simply stating the fact that the Bible is, indeed, true. That is a fact regardless of whether I or anyone else believes it. The reality that Muslims, Hindus, or anyone else does not believe it does not change the fact that it is true.
Unlike you, I trust that the Church has better understanding of the Scripture, based on Tradition and collective knowledge. You, on the other hand, trust what you read in it as the truth. So, either way, it all falls down to the common denominator -- that you "know" what God is saying.
I would never go so far as to proclaim that I "know" what all scripture means. I do "know" about some things, I "think" I know about others, and I "wonder" about still others. I read the words that are there, I find out if there is companion scripture, and then I see if it fits in with the integrity of the whole document. The Spirit leads me as He will. I think you believe that the Spirit doesn't lead me, or any layman, so that would only leave me to self-interpretation. I'm not sure how to give you proof that you would accept.