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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rather sweeping statement, OP and PPs. What's true? Do you believe every word in the Bible? Or have you interpreted it and believe your interpretation? Or do you just believe that God exists, but that various churches and denominations each have their own freedom to live their faith, and that churches don't have the last word on God? [/quote]

A PP. Yes the Bible is the inspired word of God. The story of man’s separation from God and ultimate redemption through the sacrifice of Jesus.

Various denominations squabble over semantics. [/quote]

So you believe in a very macro interpretation. Good.

I just want to point out that we can only use our human opinion and understanding of the human text we possess. It's a compendium of narratives written within a time span of over a thousand years, in at least 3 original languages. Scholars have pointed out various ways that the original meaning of certain key words may have been distorted over time, to suit the worldview of each time period. In my (human, fallible) opinion, we can only appreciate the religious meaning of the Bible in the broadest and most general of terms. It's no use harping over individual words - specific detail has been lost to time.

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