[fortheDeclaration]

Kosta statements, The Bible is preserved not in the literal sense but in the spiritual sense; in its overall message of love. It teaches us that mercy is better than vengeance; that we should not return evil with evil. It teaches us to forgive if we expect forgiveness. That is the thread that stretches throughout the Gospels and that is what we are looking for in the rest of the Bible.

And how do we know what the bible teaches about anything if we don't have the correct words?

No Bible, no knowledge of God-period.

However, facts show that the bible has been corrupted by human hands, whether you want to believe it or not.

I guess we are to believe it because some want to believe it.

If it is corrupted, then how do we know what parts to believe, like the Creation, Incarnation and Resurrection, are they true or are they part of the corrupt parts of the Bible and how do you know the difference?

Some parts of the Bible show that the Jews did not really receive full revelation that the law and prophets were to be understood as love.

Ofcourse they did, but like many on these threads, they did not take the words literally and started putting 'spiritual' meaning to them.

Christ rebuked those who met on the road to Emmaus for rejecting what the scriptures said (Lk.24:25).

Anything that is believed that is true by any major faith, including the Greek Orthodox has to ultimately be traced to the Bible and what it actually says, not its 'spiritual' meanings.

[HarleyD]

No Bible, no knowledge of God-period.

Amen. I'm reminded of King Josiah and how they found the word of God buried and sealed in a chamber of the temple. All those years they must have "thought" they were doing the right things. Only when they read the book of the Law did they realize how far they had strayed.