After doing a lot of reading and studying the bible, I’ve come to the following conclusion. But first, I must say that I am a bible believing Christian and believe that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. He is both fully man and fully God. He dies and was resurrected as a perfect sacrifice for my sins. And his sacrifice was looked to throughout the old testament.
That said, I don’t see the bible as the word of God. I see it as the words of men INSPIRED by God. And so is the teaching of many pastors. I don’t worship the bible. I worship God and highly revere the bible.
The bible is important for gaining wisdom and learning the mind of God, but when people get into the minutia of some of the interpretations they can find themselves unable to see the forest because they have smacked into a tree.
Well, that's a huge problem right there. The oracles of God were entrusted to the Jews. That would be the Old Testament and Christ said He would send the Holy Spirit to give the apostles the information to write. God said He would preserve His word for all generations. Have you another source for His word?