I realize that this topic morphed into a general place for debate and argumentation on the Bible, spirituality and/or lack thereof.
If anyone has an idea for a new topic that also addresses these issues in a more focused fashion, please feel free to add such a suggestion to your summary and we can all move over there.
My personal summation is as follows:
I believe that the Bible can be used to teach and edify people
or it can also be used to make a case for whatever type of world view one has.
I have found that for me personally, trying to defend inerrancy through apologetics is futile and time wasting.
I have my beliefs because they work for me. Critics may accuse me of ignoring evidence to the contrary and they have a point...but I am unconvinced that such evidence is conclusive.
Saying, "I don't know," is the same as saying, "Maybe."~ZombieRingo
It's easy to see the speck in somebody else's ideas - unless it's blocked by the beam in your own.~Ringo
If a savage stops believing in his wooden god, it does not mean that there is no God only that God is not wooden.(Leo Tolstoy)
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