Christians worship the bible?

Originally posted by debbiejo
Not true. As we are all made up of energy at our essence, we will all return to whatever source we came from. There is also a scripture that says "The spirit returns to god who gave it."....AND there is no Hell for nonbelievers. This was the lie manufactured by the Roman Catholic church...........Sooooo be happy, you're all free!!! 🍺

Do you think he/she will listen? I give him/her encouragement and he/she sends me to hell. I think he/she will feel resentment towards anyone who disagrees with him/her.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
You are in control of how you feel. No one can make you feel one way or the other, it is always you or me that makes us angry. Have strong faith and it will not matter, you will endure.

I'll give you an example: You are playing cards with some friends, and you have just gotten a royal flush; no one knows it. Your friends start to make fun of you, and tell you that your hand is bad, the worsted. You are not going to care because you know you have a royal flush.

My friend, if you have strong faith in your Christianity, then you have a royal flush. I know, for a fact, that I have a royal flush, and I’m a Buddhist.

Originally posted by katie_girl09
You can't really compare that to this. In that scenario, it is your friends that are teasing you. You know they aren't serious.
It is not a matter of my strength of belief. I know what I believe in. I know that my faith is strong enough. What annoys me about this is the discrimination of the whole thing. The fact that there are so many unbelievers out there who act as if they are so open-minded and understanding and yet they become so condescending once they find out you are a Christian. Its just annoying. It could get to even the most ardent believer. We are all only human after all.

It is still a choice you make.

Your statement seems so strange to me, because Christians are in the majority where I live, and I, being a Buddhist, often get discriminated against. I know how you feel, but it is just a feeling. Even I have gotten mad about things, but I don’t make excuses for myself. I know I have room to grow. What I am talking about is self-responsibility. No one ever makes me feel anyway, I do that because of unfulfilled desires.

I think some people who call themselves Christians do actually worship the Bible. I've thought that for quite a while actually. No matter how much you talk about Jesus and preach faith, the faith's pretty much dead if your first and last appeal is to the bible. The Bible should be a place to learn about God, but ultimately we need a relationship with him that is bigger than a book.

Good question Shaky! 👆

Well said docb77.

thanks!

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Originally posted by Shakyamunison
The bible is just a book, and the purpose of this book is to communicate. What should be important is the idea behind the myth, but some Christians take the bible word for word as if it was some kind of divine book.

Are Christians, like this, breaking the first commandment?

Is the bible an ideal that Christians worship?

Originally posted by Black Rob
Christians don't worship the bible,they follow it's stories as guide to life.

I don't think you understand the question.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I don't think you understand the question.

Originally posted by Black Rob
After rereading the post what the guy was trying to say by following the bible's rules and guidelines,Christian's are raising it to the level of God. While i see where that logic comes from,everything in the Bible is meant to be "divinely influenced" by God himself,so by following the bible you are actually listening to God himself

Ok you do understand.

Many of them don't realize that. The bible is just a book, were as, God is inside each of us.

Could you still have your religion if all bibles wear destroyed?

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
The bible is just a book, and the purpose of this book is to communicate. What should be important is the idea behind the myth, but some Christians take the bible word for word as if it was some kind of divine book.

Are Christians, like this, breaking the first commandment?

Is the bible an ideal that Christians worship?

The Bible is not just a book. The Word of God [i.e. the holy Bible] is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God [i.e. God-breathed], and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The Word of God lives and abides forever.

There is no other revelation from God.

The book of Mormon is not of God. The Qu'ran is not of God. The Hadith is not of God.The Guru Granth Sahib is not of God. The Analects is not of God. The Bhagavad Gita is not of God. The Tao-te-ching is not of God. The Upanishads is not of God. The Veda is not of God. The Zend-Avesta is not of God. The Pahlavi Texts are not of God. The Doctrine and Covenants is not of God. All of these works are likeadditions to the Word of God, but they are not the Word of God. God will add to those who teach from these texts the plagues that are written in the Bible. If anyone takes away from the words of God's Book, God shall take away from him/her their part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in the Bible.

For a god that wants his word spread so desperately, he sure sucks at publishing it then, with so many other competitors around.

The bible is not written by god. nor does it represents the true essence of him if he were to be for real. It is a collection of human interpretations of not understood or misinterpreted events, with a extra dose of fairy-telling added.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
The bible is just a book, and the purpose of this book is to communicate. What should be important is the idea behind the myth, but some Christians take the bible word for word as if it was some kind of divine book.

Are Christians, like this, breaking the first commandment?

Is the bible an ideal that Christians worship?

I dare say it is likely.

What is one of the most fundamental aspects of Christianity? The acceptance of Christ as the Messiah. Yet what is the source of Jesus? The Bible. What is Jesus voice? The Bible. What commands the Christian faith and defines them? The Bible. What is the source of God? The Bible.

A Christian worships a concept created by the Bible, and many do indeed seem to loose site of that - they resort to the Bible like it is the living, breathing hotline to God. Any doubt, any question about life and how it should be lived? Obey the Bible. "The Bible says that Jesus..." It is treated as infallible and perfect by some, unquestionable, set in stone. To question it is almost sacrilege.

Really another should be added to the Trinity - The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost and the Word (as in the Bible.)

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
I dare say it is likely.

What is one of the most fundamental aspects of Christianity? The acceptance of Christ as the Messiah. Yet what is the source of Jesus? The Bible. What is Jesus voice? The Bible. What commands the Christian faith and defines them? The Bible. What is the source of God? The Bible.

A Christian worships a concept created by the Bible, and many do indeed seem to loose site of that - they resort to the Bible like it is the living, breathing hotline to God. Any doubt, any question about life and how it should be lived? Obey the Bible. "The Bible says that Jesus..." It is treated as infallible and perfect by some, unquestionable, set in stone. To question it is almost sacrilege.

Really another should be added to the Trinity - The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost and the Word (as in the Bible.)

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Do you think he/she will listen? I give him/her encouragement and he/she sends me to hell. I think he/she will feel resentment towards anyone who disagrees with him/her.

Originally posted by sonnet
Actually the Word is already part of the trinity- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...... And the Word became flesh and came to live among us... John 1:1 and 14.
Now you also know why the Word is indeed divine and from God and we do not accept any other as from God.
We also realise that you did not know this because you do not know the Bible/Word of God.

Though, to be far, if one is dubious about the claim of divine inspiration, one essentially has people worshipping the ideas presented in a man-made book (or, more accurately, collection of documents) - the book itself.

Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
The Bible is not just a book. The Word of God [i.e. the holy Bible] is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God [i.e. God-breathed], and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The Word of God lives and abides forever.

There is no other revelation from God.

The book of Mormon is not of God. The Qu'ran is not of God. The Hadith is not of God.The Guru Granth Sahib is not of God. The Analects is not of God. The Bhagavad Gita is not of God. The Tao-te-ching is not of God. The Upanishads is not of God. The Veda is not of God. The Zend-Avesta is not of God. The Pahlavi Texts are not of God. The Doctrine and Covenants is not of God. All of these works are likeadditions to the Word of God, but they are not the Word of God. God will add to those who teach from these texts the plagues that are written in the Bible. If anyone takes away from the words of God's Book, God shall take away from him/her their part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in the Bible.

So, you would definitely be a bible worshiper.

Originally posted by sonnet
You seem to forget one thing. We are soul, body and spirit. The Bible says it is the soul (your emotional, character ) that is lost and needs to be saved.

You do not have a soul. 🙄

Originally posted by sonnet
Actually the Word is already part of the trinity- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...... And the Word became flesh and came to live among us... John 1:1 and 14.
Now you also know why the Word is indeed divine and from God and we do not accept any other as from God.
We also realise that you did not know this because you do not know the Bible/Word of God.

While we realize the Bible is one book amongst many (including non-religious ones) and there is no reason that it is more credible than any other.

Remind me agian how the "word" became "flesh" yet is a book?