Thread: I never know what to say about such things!

Originally Posted by jockeys

4 and 5 are kinda the same thing, aren't they?

I initially included them as one option, but I wanted to give non-Christian religions a separate option even though the context of the post was regarding the Bible as God's word

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I initially included them as one option, but I wanted to give non-Christian religions a separate option even though the context of the post was regarding the Bible as God's word

good point, I didn't think of that. wouldn't want to offend the zoroastrians

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Hmm, how can this be explained?

1. God wrote it, but he was confused [God is whatever I want him to be]
2. God wrote it, but he was just playing [God is whatever happens]
3. God wrote it, but he wrote it in a confusing way [God is a mystery]
4. God didn't write it [The Bible is no more or less than a collection of people's writings]
5. God didn't write it [God isn't]

did I miss any?

Yeah, option 6.

God had His prophets write it but He didn't mean for EVERY quote to apply to EVERY situation, some of the things he said applied only to that specific situation. (i.e. God wrote it but He's not an idiot....the people that interpret it are.)