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To: Matchett-PI

Then basically, the Bible is the Word of God as interpreted by the many authors and editors of the Bible.

From your link:

The basic answer to these charges, which I have recently pointed out elsewhere, is that if anyone is to blame for the loss of clarity, etc. in the Bible over the ages, it is we who are to shoulder the blame for losing it. We can look at a few examples of how this is so, but first there is a certain practical consideration arguing against the very possibility of modern, inerrant copies; we will get to that in the next section.


240 posted on 12/15/2010 11:25:13 AM PST by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac
"Then basically, the Bible is the Word of God as interpreted by the many authors and editors of the Bible." ~ SeeSac

This is what's important:

"...it is plain that neither the Bible nor a belief in inerrancy is required to be a Christian. If this were so, then skeptics like Frank Morison or C. S. Lewis, who believed in the historicity of the Resurrection but not in the inerrancy of the Gospel reports of it, would never become Christians. People behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains would never have become Christians in times when the Bible was forbidden in those countries and they often had no more of the Bible than a few pitiable verses handwritten on a paper towel. ... "..God's message in the Bible may be summed up in just a few exemplary verses, upon which the rest are built; and these few verses are the height of simplicity.

... the Bible's messages are mostly straightforward and simple. The Bible has two primary components, OT and NT, that may be summarized easily in a few words.

Jesus and the Jews of His time and before summarized the OT with the two commands to love God with all that was in you, and love your neighbor as yourself.

The NT, too, may be summarized with just a few words - notably those of John 3:16, although certainly there are other good candidates.

As noted earlier, neither the Bible nor belief in its inerrancy is required to become a Christian. All that is needed is acceptance of these few words and what they represent; the rest is equivalent, spiritually speaking, of enforcement codes - how to live the life that God has called you to. Thus there is no need for inerrant copies when the basic message, all that is essentially needed, is so crystal-clear. .."

Inerrancy and Human Ignorance

245 posted on 12/15/2010 11:48:26 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Trent Lott on Tea Party candidates: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them" 7/19/10)
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To: SeeSac

Here’s more from the very bottom of my FR profile page:

This is Jesus, Himself, speaking, summing up both the Old and New Testaments in TWO Commandments:

Mark 12:28-31 The two greatest commandments of all: “Then one of the scribes ... asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as much as you love yourself’(and no more).

There is no other commandment greater than these.” Matt. 25:35-36

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his [two] commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” ~ Eccl. 12:13-14


258 posted on 12/15/2010 12:12:04 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Trent Lott on Tea Party candidates: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them" 7/19/10)
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