01-26-2012, 02:09 PM
I had thought I had already settled this issue in my mind, but seeing how lengthy this thread has become, a certain demon comes back to torment me.
SERIOUSLY, why does a perfect God who demands his people to even be perfect allow such a textual mess of his Word? Im sorry, the Bible is a MESSY book. I hate divisions and dead ends,basically anything that doesnt end in a profitable way, but is just left on the wayside to rot/confuse.
My faith in the book, due to historical, archaelogical and personal matters, is quite strong right now. But seriously, why are we all going through this? Why am I growing gray hairs JUST to figure out what God's word is when its already an uphill battle to do what is right in what we already DO know to be authentic scripture.
I noticed even back then, the Sadduccees were doing their own things their way (rejecting angels and the resurrection), as well as the Pharisees and who knows how many countless other groups.
I had a Muslim friend who would always shake his head and chuckle when I discussed issues like this. Although the late, late, late religion of Islam is based on/copied from the original holy scriptures of the Bible, and Mohammad's new message CONTRADICTs the word (believe believe me, Im not planning to be a Muslim anytime soon), Kamran always had a good point when he pointed out there was only one Quran, word for word for word. Thats it, easy said, easy done.
A lot of us already admitted bias in this forum...how far does that bias extend, when we are all just crossing our fingers and saying, "Well, I HOPE this is the word of God"?
SERIOUSLY, why does a perfect God who demands his people to even be perfect allow such a textual mess of his Word? Im sorry, the Bible is a MESSY book. I hate divisions and dead ends,basically anything that doesnt end in a profitable way, but is just left on the wayside to rot/confuse.
My faith in the book, due to historical, archaelogical and personal matters, is quite strong right now. But seriously, why are we all going through this? Why am I growing gray hairs JUST to figure out what God's word is when its already an uphill battle to do what is right in what we already DO know to be authentic scripture.
I noticed even back then, the Sadduccees were doing their own things their way (rejecting angels and the resurrection), as well as the Pharisees and who knows how many countless other groups.
I had a Muslim friend who would always shake his head and chuckle when I discussed issues like this. Although the late, late, late religion of Islam is based on/copied from the original holy scriptures of the Bible, and Mohammad's new message CONTRADICTs the word (believe believe me, Im not planning to be a Muslim anytime soon), Kamran always had a good point when he pointed out there was only one Quran, word for word for word. Thats it, easy said, easy done.
A lot of us already admitted bias in this forum...how far does that bias extend, when we are all just crossing our fingers and saying, "Well, I HOPE this is the word of God"?