God's warriors
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"For sure, but we can't all be right."
We cant all be right, but we can all be wrong.I am all for man trying to write scriptures about God, thats a good intention. But when these scriptures start wars and death...its time to put these writings in proper perspective. They were written by men.
ethered
(Aug 25 07, 14:21)ethered, I agree that we can all be wrong. I think all of us are too limited in our abilities and understanding to be capable of crafting Truth. I still believe however that there has been a revealed truth. One reason I believe this is because the Bible out of all other manuscripts considered to be Scripture has not yet been proven historically false. Another reason is because The Bible flies in the face of human conventional wisdom about deity and love and grace. Another reason I believe this is because I have personally witnessed people living out God's word, and when followed with a right spirit, the results of such a life are always wonderful.
It's when people misinterpret the Bible or twist its words to suit their own agenda, as opposed to a Godly agenda, that things go wrong. There is nowhere in Scripture that condones the followers of God to behave as did the Crusaders, Oliver Cromwell, David Koresh, Mohammed (a convicted thief and murderer), Jerry Falwell, the Salem witch-hunters, and the members of the Spanish Inquisition. Nowhere.
The Bible has never started a war. People USE IT to start wars. People use anything that can be twisted to suit their purposes to start wars, or promote any other agenda for that matter.
Sure, let's put these writings into perspective. But first lets put human nature into perspective. Then it becomes apparent that the Bible did not originate ex-nihilo from human imagination.