Re: Source Code for OS?

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

olcott wrote:

> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>
>
> > But the bible says eveyr word there is the word of god....  now
> > if that's not true, how do we decide which parts of the bible are
> > written by god and which parts are written by belsebub?
> >
>
> It never actually says this.

Actually, it does. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture [is] given by inspiration of God,
and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, (NKJV) All (or possibly "every" since "pasa" can have that meaning,
however, it doesn't make sense here) is "breathed out by God" or "exhaled by God"
That is, all of scripture is spoken by God, and is therefore the Word of God.

> The strongest thing that
> scripture says about itself is that it is useful and
> inspired... When the bible is referring to scripture
> it is referring to itself, when the bible is referring
> to the word of God, it is referring to something else...

Not necessarily. There are literally scores of references in the Bible where the
phrase "Word of God" refers to the verbal revelation of God, which was then
inscripturated.

>
> and the word was God, and the word became flesh...

Interesting that you chose this fragment of John 1:1, since "Word" is a translation
of one of two Greek words that mean "word" in English. This word is logos, from
which we get "logic" and "*ology"
Allow me to quote the entire statement,
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The
same was in the beginning with God. All things through Him came into being, and
without Him nothing came into being that exists. (Skipping to verse 14) And the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." (My own translation, however, it
agrees with standard translations.)
So then, you see, when the phrase "word of God" isn't used to refer to the
revelation recorded, t refers to the revelation of God when He added a human nature
to Himself - Jesus the Christ.

>
> God himself is no mere book of pages, and no mere
> book of pages is God himself...

While this is true, it still doesn't deal with what the Bible says about itself,
which is that it is the very word of God written. In fact, the phrase "word of God"
is used by Jesus many times in reference to the Bible.

Roy