dwise1 writes:
The First Testament" ............ is what God wrote, the true "Word of God", namely Nature:
Dwise, you made an emphatic point that different means different. By the same token, wrote means wrote and written words are not nature.
I am not one who insists that every jot and tittle of the Bible is precisely accurate to the original or even to be taken word for word at face value as perfect. I believe it is an inspired book to be taken as literally as possible, applying text to context and assuming that minor (I say minor) errors are to be expected. The Dead Sea Scrolls attest to the fact that the literally translated versions are quite accurate compared to those old scriptures.
My problem with the above cited statement is that naturalistic ideologies can take that
ball and run with it in any direction they choose to claim a
score, all the while undermining the only real bonafide collection of written books inspired by God. No other existing books written by humans have fulfilled prophecies as are found in the prophetic books of the Bible supportive to divine inspiration.
The rocks, living things, the cosmos as well as human history, by observation, can be interpreted in whatever manner suits the fancy, but the words of the Bible are like your word "different." They mean what they say about the rocks, living things, the cosmos and human history. To attempt to change their meaning would obscure, obfuscate and distort what is written. That is not to say that every jot and tittle on human history is necessarily perfect but to be considered accurate by Biblical fundamentalists until empirically falsified.
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