Are we really asking questions...

[systemstrike_7]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

[Ovedya]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

Yes.

Although I take issue with the way you phrased your statement. The Bible itself does not "set limits" for God. God is the source of authorship of the Bible. He would not contradict in action that which He says in His own word. That is not a limitation.

[Guest Biblicist]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

Somehow I knew that you would misunderstand my statement. Be careful not to read what you want to read, only read what is written.

[cjrose]

There will always be questions regarding the Bible and it's Truth. If you don't understand God, if you seek God, if you try to contradict God for your own personal reasons, questions will arise out of sincerety, love, seeking, and unfortuntately out of spite and hate. But no matter, the Bible is the Truth and believers don't have to question it but accept it. So, what is the point? You've seen it eve, since we have been on this board, many questions regarding the Bible, some the same some different but regardless, they are asked. It is up to us believers to answer and even then it is not satisfactory since we see it in a different "light" that only believers can understand so it is not surprising that we often come to an impass. But those who choose to see it from our perspective are those who are being called to His Word and to listen even if they don't know it.

[HAZARD]

The Bible is a simple book to understand because it was given by God to be understood by the simple. Jesus thanked God that the truths of the Bible were hidden from the worldly wise who refused to believe, and stated that God has "revealed them unto babes" (Matt. 11:25-27). Jesus gives the reason the truths are hidden from anyone because they refuse to humble themselves to believe and conform to the Bible (Matt. 13:10-17). He speakes of the devil taking the Word from the heartsof men lest it should bring forth fruit (Matt. 13:19-23). No man can get the vastness of the Bible at once. The most simple beginners can understand the Bible one line at a time, for this is the way it was given, and it is the best way to understand it (Isa. 28:9-13).

God can not judge people based on a book written in such a way as to confuse people, or which needs interpretation, or which is riddled with mistakes. God made sure the Bible, His written Word, it true.

Anyone who understands the most simple human language can undserstand what it says. Every time any group of persons reads a particular part of the Bible they all read the same thing. If they should read it again, it would still be the same. If they were asked what the passage says they could all do it without exception. If they can tell what it says, and if they can read what it says, then they can all believe what it says; and that is all that is necessary to understand the Bible.

A God who could not make Himself clear, or had to be interpreted evey time He said something, would be no God at all. Almost any human being can express themselves clearly enough to be understood. Furthermore, a God who could could make Himself clear and chose to do otherwise in such a way as to confuse and hide from man those things He seeks to reveal to man, would not be worth hearing. A God that gave man a revelation and deliberately sought to hide it from man, and then judge him for not being able to understand it, would be a tyrant and not a God of love and justice.

Over fourty different authors wrote the sixty six books of the Bible during a period of over 1,800 years; and they all had one theme____the creation and redemption of the human race by God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. These books were written by men from all walks of life such as kings, priests, judges, lawyers, princes, shepherds, soldiers, courtiers, statesmen, musicians, inventors, singers, poets, preachers, prophets, fishermen, farmers, tent makers, publicans, physicians, richmen and poor men. They were written in many various lands of three continents____Europe, Asia, and Africa. They were written in different ages by many men, some who never ever saw each other or even knew what the others wrote on the same subjecs, yet when their writings became one book, there is not one contradiction among them.

Suppose fourty medical men, each in a different land and age, would write sixty books on how to cure a disease, what kind of cure would such a collection of books make. How much unity would we find in their writings?

There is perfect unity between the books of thje Bible, which speak of the hundreds of subjects in the realm of religion, politics, science, etc. This proves there is one divine author for all the sixty-six books. Who but a divine author could produce such a work. Even convinced a hard harted, major sinner like me that God does exist and His Word is real.

[Floatingaxe]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

That is a ridiculous statement. God wrote the Book! Please come up a level.

[systemstrike_7]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

That is a ridiculous statement. God wrote the Book! Please come up a level.

From my understanding God did not write the book. It was written by men who were allegedly inspired by God. So are you saying that God's "godness" is dependant upon the truth of the bible?

[secondeve]

I see this as a kind of Catch 22. If God exists, he would do so even without the Bible. On the other hand, the Bible is the only means of 'proving' that God exists in the first place, so without the Bible, there's no reason to believe he exists, even if he does.

But then again, my belief has been for some time that if there is an all-powerful deity/s, it would be far more likely that all human religions had got it wrong than that one had somehow miraculously got it right - and that even if one had got it right, there would be no actual way of knowing (or of proving) that this was the case. In which instance, if you were choosing your beliefs based purely on odds, athiesm is 50/50 - right or wrong - whereas any other religion is, in the case of a deity/s existing, one in the number of human religions which have ever existed.

[Floatingaxe]

Ya ya ya.....

But hopefully you understand what I'm saying.

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

The claims of the Book are completely dependant upon the "godness" of our God.

With all that said, does everyone here believe that the bible sets limits for God? Is God limited to what the bible says about Him? If the bible says that God is made of rock, does this mean He has to be made of rock?

That is a ridiculous statement. God wrote the Book! Please come up a level.

From my understanding God did not write the book. It was written by men who were allegedly inspired by God. So are you saying that God's "godness" is dependant upon the truth of the bible?

God's Word was written by God through men of His choosing. They penned His thoughts to us. It is His message of love to mankind. His so-called "godness" is dependant on nothing but Himself. He is the great I AM.

I don't understand your line of questioning.

[Joshua-777]

If the bible is fallible, does this make God less of a god?

Is God's "godness" completely dependant upon the claims of a book?

I see what you're asking: if God still exists, is he weakened by the fallability of the Bible, or is he still God?

God is God, and he does still exist, he cannot be weakened, and he isnt fallable, He is not mytholigy, he is God of the most High, God is not bound to the bible, but the bible is bound to him.