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Originally Posted by Timmy
Sure.
Every single claim that God has said something is made by a human. I.e., a man (or woman) claims to have hears God say something -- whether by an audible voice, or a dream, or a still small voice. Some of those claims were written down thousands of years ago. Some of those written claims are believed by many people today. So when you say "God said xyz", what you really mean is "Someone claimed that God said xyz, and I believe him."
By the way, whether such claims are true or not is irrelevant to my statement. So it you agree with it, it's not an admission that you might be wrong (or more to the point, that the one who made the original claim might be wrong), so there's no reason to disagree, really. (But some will anyway, I expect.  ) |
Timmy, so I guess if you weren't physically there during the Battle of Grunwald, Gettysburg, the Japanese invasion of Nanking, The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, all the way to what really did happen on 9/11 any (or all) the reports could be bogus? Speeches through history, conversations that were supposedly recorded. Are they just that, supposed conversations? Could all the eye witnesses be embellishing, or flat out liars? We who study history do it as an investigator, constantly looking through the primary sources, and checking out information from a plethora of different scholars concerning the different points in history. Yet, the Bible isn't just about history, but it is the history of a God and His covenant people. The Book like many other sacred books aren't meant for everyone. Because the Bible's contents are only for the sincere devoted follower, and those who aren't sincere, the Bible is a book filled with blank pages.
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