Then God would have seen fit to give us his word in some other form. As it is, people look upon the book with idolotrous passion. Anything man-made shouldn't be set upon the level of God, and the Bible we have today has been passed from fallible hand to fallible hand for thousands of years before it has reached us.
To say that hearsay words set down in paper and ink are somehow divine makes an idol of a book. God's word is in there, for anyone to see, of that I am certain. What is valid, and what is the witness and devises of religious men, on the other hand, is for the reader to discern through their relationship with God. The written word of God can lead us to discover a relationship with Him, but to sublimate that relationship in foavor of paper and ink is wrong.
I know you will disagree with this preacherman, but I felt compelled to express my beliefs. When people relinquish the guidance of their souls to books and the men that interpret them, they have turned away from God in favor or of the fallible.
