[P8riot]

Since there seems to be an equal number of Thomas Jefferson fans and Bible believing Christians on FR (and many who claim both camps), I thought that this would result in some lively chatter.

[Thane_Banquo]

Either the Bible is, as it claims, the very Word of Almighty God, or it is the greatest volume of terrible lies that has ever been written. There is no middle ground.

I believe it is the former, the very Word of God.

[Dr. Thorne]

Without the authority of the Bible as God's inspired Word to us, there is no Christ.

Most of the mainline churches have taken the position that the Bible contains truth, but is not all true. This gives them the opportunity to create their own Jesus - one who supports socialism, homosexuality, abortion, etc.

They often deny the deity of Christ, preferring to teach a "love your neighbor" gospel without the greatest commandment "love God with all your heart". This is the social gospel which I believe is being taught in mainline churches by Marxist infiltrators. They teach that the only sin is voting Republican.

Without sin there is no need for a Redeemer, so Jesus becomes nothing more than a nice guy who loved people. This is a lie from hell and will lead people directly there.

[Secret Agent Man]

i can use point b) then on anything written by another person. anytime i find something i don’t like i can wip that out and just claim it’s written by people and therefore it is unreliable and likely corrupted.

hell the way people misinterpret things today, that are clear, it’d be easy to just shoot down anything with this tactic.

[70times7]

That is the self important wind-bag way of saying, "If you agree with what it says, do it. If not, do what you prefer instead." Gosh!! Thanks Satan!!

Years ago I was discussing "religion" with a relative. He went on and on verbally like this guy writes; using many words to say little. He became upset when I distilled his 15 minute ramble into two sentences, crushed his argument and referred to his musings as "mental masturbation". The exchange came to a halt about then. I was accurate, but unkind. Fortunately that doesn't matter here.

[quadrant]

I once heard that the Bible was a love letter from God to mankind; but in that letter was a warning, “I'm God and you're not.”

[ZULU]

The Bible is the Alpha and the Omega of scripture for Christians.

[Rashputin]

Sola Yourselfa Baby, it's the best way to rationalize whatever you want to rationalize in order to go along to get along.

Dope?
Divorce?
Extramarital sex?
Ordaining women?
Ordaining queers?
Marrying queers to one another?
Murdering infants in the womb with "contraceptives"?

All of the above are accepted by people who claim to base what they believe on Scripture Alone and who now teach and accept exactly the opposite of what they preached only a generation or two ago. Which proves that for a large number of "Christians", Scripture Alone has dissolved into nothing but Self Alone.