2007-03-01 05:01:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's just a book, a physical thing created by man.
2007-03-01 05:01:31 · update #1
It depends. If it is set up, as the modern-day American Protestant Evangelicals use it, as a "paper pope" (Sola Scriptura was unheard of for the first 1,500 years of Christianity) - one might come to that conclusion.
Scripture, tradition and reason. Three cornerstones to a good theology.
2007-03-01 05:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It IS the WORD of God that is important. The Bible is just the book the words happen to be in. If your hung up on making the book a shrine then perhaps you are wrong. Most folks who really get into the book seriously probably unintentionally abuse the book itself & need to replace it from time to time. Who worships a book ? really???
2007-03-01 13:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by 5thof11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a book that is God-breathed....and God inspired.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17 & 2 Peter 1:21)
Edit:
gkltdd....Did you expect me to use a secular resource to explain my answer? There is nothing more genuine than scripture. It's the most reliable source (outside of the Holy Spirit) that we have.
2007-03-01 13:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's not. We don't worship the Bible. We worship God. We accept the Bible as containing the Word of God.
2007-03-01 13:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you believe the newspaper? The answer is Jesus is the Living Word of God. In the psalms it says that God elevates His word above His very name.
2007-03-01 13:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Bible is not worshiped, it is just a reference. We worship God.
2007-03-01 13:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by WRF 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
primoa, you're using the bible to talk about the bible.
circular reasoning.....
2007-03-01 13:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say,What planet you hail from?
2007-03-01 13:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by OldGeezer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋