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I find the scriptures to be highly overrated in many regards. I do believe the Truth can be found in scriptures, but mostly in a way that the Truth can be found in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

I believe the scriptures were indeed inspired by the Holy Spirit, but the filter that is the human mind is an extremely flawed filter, and the stuff that actually finally ends up as written scriptures is a mixture of the recordings of certain highly spiritual and enlightened folks and their epiphanies of absolute inspired Truth, some grand distortions of just what 'God' expects of us, some real history, some poetic depictions of real history with extensive artistic license taken by the authors, and plenty of errors and forgeries added by men of sincere, and sometimes insincere intent.

I think the Bible is a big beautiful mosaic tapestry and hodge podge recording of some spiritually brilliant and enlightened men and their yearning to converse with God that is hopefully most often in harmony with the Holy Spirit.

I believe the Truth is there in the Bible, but in no way is it all there. The Bible is not the Church. The Bible is, to me at least, an accessory to the Church. I trust the Church to decipher what is important in that beautiful collection of flawed writings, and what should be ignored.

I believe Christ was perfect. He moved a lot of people. Some people recorded their experiences. Those people were not perfect no matter how perfect their love for Christ may have been. These flawed vessels recorded their experiences the only way the True spiritual experiences can be recorded with the written word - flawed.

I believe there can be no such thing as an experience being 'successfully' recorded with the written word. The most a writer can hope to do is try to minimize the degree of failure as best he can. I believe this is true even when the person is filled with the Holy Spirit and writing from the most sincere places of his heart.

This post is a perfect example of just how difficult it is to sincerely explain what is in one's heart. I know I have failed miserably :)

This post is a perfect example of just how difficult it is to sincerely explain what is in one's heart. I know I have failed miserably :)

I think you did a pretty good job...

What I don't get is how can you believe some of the scriptures are true but not all...How could you believe any of it is true??? Perhaps the parts you don't believe are actually true, and the parts you believe are not true...

Joh 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Seems to me that if we follow Jesus and are in Jesus, we will know whether the scriptures are true or not...