[atlaw]

Are YOU contending that an ancient manuscript does NOT contain "word" of God?

Of course not. The word I used was "confined". And the use was in response to the apparent contention that God's creation (the word of God writ large, if you will) is somehow not the "word" of God.

I find it peculiar that a certain sect of Christianity views scripture as somehow separate and apart from the physical world, adopting a kind of Biblical idolatry. God did not "speak" once and calcify his "word" between the covers of a book.

So what is the bible anyway?

A small, if important, piece of the puzzle.

[DungeonMaster]

I find it peculiar that a certain sect of Christianity views scripture as somehow separate and apart from the physical world, adopting a kind of Biblical idolatry. God did not "speak" once and calcify his "word" between the covers of a book.

So what are you saying? You don't get people that believe the bible is the Word of God, inspired and without error and that it contains an immeasurable wealth of truth that applies to all of life?

[Elsie]

A small, if important, piece of the puzzle.

It could be the key piece....