What more does one have to believe in order to be saved other than God's inerrant, infallible, indestructible Word? The bible is our ONLY guide to salvation. Any and every other "guide" to salvation is nothing more than another man's opinion.
Virtually every tyrannical dictator or government in history has tried to keep His Word out of the common people's hands, but it was all in vain. Why was that? Because those who would rule us by tyrannical force hate the liberating Word of God that guided and directed the majority of the founders of our once-bible believing, God honoring America. The bible is like no other book ever composed, because it wasn't composed by mortal man, but by Almighty God of the bible who created all that was, is, or ever will be. His holy book is the only true guide to eternal life, nothing else in print, electronic simulation, or spoken word can compare to it's eternal truth and wisdom. Every human being's eternal life depends on the truth and validity of His word, and nothing else in print or any other medium is comparable in the slightest degree.
You have the brain that God gave you. Use it.
From the First Council of Nicaea and on, I see and read that the Bible was written by man and is still undergoing subjective interpretation by MAN.
If the Bible is written by a perfect God, why do we have all these editions? It’s a contradiction awaiting for a response from someone like a criminal defense attorney.
Have you ever worked with churches and saw the money involved? I have. It offers a tremendous living and lifestyle. What could be better than living well while people see you as an agent of God?
One of the questions I’ve pondered is why should religion be only the domain of the literate? Since there have been more illiterate humans in history than literate, was God’s message hidden on purpose? It makes NO theological sense.
Before you cite missionary work, it is a fact that the practice cannot get the “message” to all humans. The argument fails.
Evil will try to take us away from God’s world one step at a time. The first step is to make man believe that committing sin is forgiven. And forgiven again. And forgiven again.
Please understand that I don’t believe that the Commandments are “living and breathing.” Is Christianity built upon that premise? Obey the rules that God gave us.