[epow]

I believe the Bible contains the revealed Word of God? Don't you?

I believe the bible IS the revealed Word of God in it's entirety. Your statement implies that parts of the bible are not the Word of God and other parts are, something altogether different.

If not all the bible is inspired, how are we to know which parts are and aren't? A book that "contains" the Word would be of little value unless it had a directory of some kind to point out what part is divinely inspired and therefore infallible, and what is merely human wisdom and therefore open to error. I could not have faith in a bible as the foundation stone for my Christian belief system if it was open to question on the matter of who wrote what.

[muawiyah]

I said what I said. I did not say what you said. Presumably Paul's greetings to people he knew were his own words. Otherwise, you'd have to have Paul say "God says hi" eh!

The accepted doctrine is that the Bible contains the revealed Word of God. It is not accepted doctrine that God dictated the entire document to anyone (although it contains numerous "quotes" citing God as the Source - check the parts Moses claims to have put together for some excellent examples of this.).

Even the books that make up the Bible were the subject of discussion and consideration at various Christian councils over the ages. That work is not complete ~ new materials are found from time to time.