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Personally, I don't think the Bible is the absolute Word of God; rather, I think that the Word of God exists in places of the Bible--for instance, when Jesus speaks in the Gospels.
Beyond that, all Christians must realize that what they are reading is a translation, and every translation is different. In this, there is enormous room for error. There are also some interesting linguistic quirks: for instance, the word for "sin" in the original Greek actually means "to miss the mark." It was a term used in archery that subsequently popped up in the Bible. Also, we're reading translations of translations in some cases, which makes it even more complicated. Unless a Christian is ready to become scholarly and do the research themselves, they too are missing the mark by accepting a work absolutely that has so many shades of gray.
Therefore, no Bible is the unabridged Word of God, yet He does exist in its pages, and thus Christians continue to follow that path--though they all should do so cautiously, and aware of who is speaking.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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