Daoust, I think you have made some incorrect and unfounded statements.
First of all, you assume that people who criticize the bible as the literal word of God have not read it and are merely "theologist wannabes." Like Charlatan, I have read my bible* from OT through NT twice, and the NT a few more times. I continue to read it for reference purposes. I suspect there are many TFP members who can say the same.
I do not claim to be a theologist, but I have a passion for reading their published findings in the study of the bible.
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The Bible as a whole remains intact. Yes there have been a few words here and there that have been added/omitted etc. but as a whole the document has not changed much over 5000 years.
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This is simply not true, as anyone remotely interested in the history of the bible can tell you. I recommend that you look into the books of the
apocrypha and how they came to be removed from the bible.
My direct answer to Tacoyah's questions is that: 1) the bible has been altered in so many ways by mankind that I do not believe it is the literal word of God, and in some cases I do not believe it was inspired by God; and 2) I choose the words attributed to Jesus in the NT to guide my life decisions, because they serve me in the type of person I wish to be.
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The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version, copyright 1962. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is an authorized revision of the American Standard Version, published in 1901, which was a revision of the King James Version, published in 1611.