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<blockquote data-quote="Reasonably Sane" data-source="post: 77432361" data-attributes="member: 452228"><p>I suppose I agree with that. What I've had a hard time with the last three years or so is how people always use 2 timothy 3:16. At that time, there was no New Testament, but there was a Septuagint, which is sometimes quoted word for word in the new testament writings. Yet our modern bible does not contain all the books of the Septuagint, or even 1 Enoch, for that matter, which is also quoted by bible authors. Not that it should be part of canon, but over the decades I've become much more flexible in how I interpret the meaning and reliability of the text in our modern bibles. But it doesn't mean I don't believe it. Not even close. </p><p></p><p>I'll use this analogy. I've been married to my wife for 25 years. We are each other's best friend. I know her pretty well. If there had been a book I read about her "life and times" before we met, I would have assumed it contained accurate information, but at this stage, when I find discrepancies between it's words and what I've learned about the personality of the person I've been married to all these years, I'll go with the latter.</p><p></p><p>When one has a relationship with our Creator, one really doesn't need a bible at all, but it helps to give perspective and keep one from misinterpreting events. i.e. when our son was killed in a car wreck a couple of years ago we didn't go to Psalm 91 and say, "YOU LIED, GOD!" If it had happened right after we read that and had just became Christians, we just might have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reasonably Sane, post: 77432361, member: 452228"] I suppose I agree with that. What I've had a hard time with the last three years or so is how people always use 2 timothy 3:16. At that time, there was no New Testament, but there was a Septuagint, which is sometimes quoted word for word in the new testament writings. Yet our modern bible does not contain all the books of the Septuagint, or even 1 Enoch, for that matter, which is also quoted by bible authors. Not that it should be part of canon, but over the decades I've become much more flexible in how I interpret the meaning and reliability of the text in our modern bibles. But it doesn't mean I don't believe it. Not even close. I'll use this analogy. I've been married to my wife for 25 years. We are each other's best friend. I know her pretty well. If there had been a book I read about her "life and times" before we met, I would have assumed it contained accurate information, but at this stage, when I find discrepancies between it's words and what I've learned about the personality of the person I've been married to all these years, I'll go with the latter. When one has a relationship with our Creator, one really doesn't need a bible at all, but it helps to give perspective and keep one from misinterpreting events. i.e. when our son was killed in a car wreck a couple of years ago we didn't go to Psalm 91 and say, "YOU LIED, GOD!" If it had happened right after we read that and had just became Christians, we just might have. [/QUOTE]
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