The Word of God or Man?
Some people believe that the Bible is 100% literally true, 100% the "word of God". But is this belief true? All one has to do is examine the Bible directly to see that not every word in it is the word of God. The Bible is as much (if not more so) the words of men as it is the word of God, expressing what ancient people believed, how they felt about God and how they responded to God: A question of content and intent: Evidence: 1 Corinthians 7:25 - Paul writes: "…I have no command of the Lord,…" (i.e., God did not say anything about this issue) "but I give an opinion" (a human being [the writer Paul] gives a human opinion). Evidence: In the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament"), when God spoke it was through prophets who made it clear that it was God’s words they spoke: "And the Lord God said…," "Then the Lord said to Moses…" (Deut. 31:14), "Then the Lord said to me…" (Ish. 8.1), with Gods’ words following in quotes (depe...