There’s a big difference between believing God COULD do something and believing God DID do something. Your argument seems to conflate the two.

The Bible is littered with great stuff, but only an idiot would buy this “because God COULD inspire men to create a perfect book that lacks nothing for our salvation, we must assume that he DID.”

Yeah. God COULD have destroyed the cabal thousands of years ago and make sure it never returned. But he didn’t, did he?

If there’s one lesson every Christian should take from the Bible it’s this: men can talk to God and God can talk back, and men, when they exercise faith in God, and in themselves as children of God, can work mighty miracles. The Bible was never meant to be your guide. It was never meant to replace the voice of God. If it does anything, really, it points us toward mediation, prayer, faith, and righteousness. But the Catholics tricked you with the story of Saul/Paul and littered the book with his false doctrine of repackaged Old Testament idolatry. But instead of a golden calf, it’s a man on a cross. And rather than follow that man’s teachings and example, you tell yourselves you’re good cause you’re “saved.” Talk about the lazy path of least resistance. No wonder so many people are into it.

Jesus didn’t come to wash away our sins. He came to teach us how to avoid them, make amends for them, and reach our full potential as children of God. He died for the same reason all the prophets before him died: because those who live in the dark and hate the light didn’t want to relinquish their power and they put him down to shut him up. He went willingly though because just like the prophets of old and those who came after, he knew the power of non-resistance and knew the power of not resisting evil, just like he taught, and knew that dying for what he believed brought a power to the world all on its own. Don’t let the Bible be your God. Let it point you to him. Let it help you get into the headspace to communicate with Him through prayer, but don’t forget to actually communicate with him. Else your faith is worthless and your life will be nothing but a string of excuses for failing at things you absolutely could have excelled at.

For if miracles have ceased, then faith has ceased, for miracles are wrought by faith. And if faith has ceased, whoa unto the children if men, for all is vain.

There’s a big difference between believing God COULD do something and believing God DID do something. Your argument seems to conflate the two.

The Bible is littered with great stuff, but only an idiot would buy this “because God COULD inspire men to create a perfect book that lacks nothing for our salvation, we must assume that he DID.”

Yeah. God COULD have destroyed the cabal thousands of years ago and make sure it never returned. But he didn’t, did he?

If there’s one lesson every Christian should take from the Bible it’s this: men can talk to God and God can talk back, and men, when they exercise faith in God, and in themselves as children of God, can work mighty miracles. The Bible was never meant to be your guide. It was never meant to replace the voice of God. If it does anything, really, it points us toward mediation, prayer, faith, and righteousness. But the Catholics tricked you with the story of Saul/Paul and littered the book with his false doctrine of repackaged Old Testament idolatry. But instead of a golden calf, it’s a man on a cross. And rather than follow that man’s teachings and example, you tell yourselves you’re good cause you’re “saved.” Talk about the lazy path of least resistance. No wonder so many people are into it.

Jesus didn’t come to wash away our sins. He came to teach us how to avoid it, make amends for it, and reach our full potential as children of God. Don’t let the Bible be your God. Let it help you get into the headspace to communicate with Him, but don’t forget to actually communicate with him. Else your faith is worthless and your life will be nothing but a string of excuses for failing at things you absolutely could have excelled at.

For if miracles have ceased, then faith has ceased, for miracles are wrought by faith. And if faith has ceased, whoa unto the children if men, for all is vain.