When people Worship the Bible Over God.

by objectivetruth 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  objectivetruth

  "Worthy, therefore, of rejection is every one who is willing so much as to hear anything against the monarchy of God; but if any one dares to hear anything against God, as trusting in the Scriptures, let him first of all consider with me that if any one, as he pleases, form a dogma agreeable to himself, and then carefully search the Scriptures, he will be able to produce many testimonies from them in favour of the dogma that he has formed. How, then, can confidence be placed in them against God, when what every man wishes is found in them?"

  Clementine
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  Phizzy

  Clementine ? who is the old fruit ?

  Or did you mean Clement of Alexandria ? If so, there was no "Bible",as we know it, in his time.
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  objectivetruth

  An unconfirmed Clementine.. He claims to have known Barnabas & Peter.. He has a really Insightful way of deciphering matters.

  One of his works can be found here.. http://biblehub.com/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/

  Very interesting reading, and thought provoking. - The Bible that he's referencing is the OT
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  NeonMadman

  The writer (or actually, claimed writer) is someone named Clement, who claims to be a traveling companion of Peter (so, neither Clement of Rome nor Clement of Alexandria, who would both have been later). The writings are "Clementine" in the same sense that, for example, Romans and Galatians are said to be "Pauline," i.e., written by Paul. They are pseudo-Clementine because they are known (or stongly believed) not to be the work of the claimed author.
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  givemejustalittlemoretime

  Interesting way of looking at it. I agree the bible is an idol for some people. Instead of knowing the God it speaks about. Im a Christian but hardly read the bible except for reminders of stuff i forgot.Most of it is already in my mind . For beleivers Christ dwells within and he himself leads a beleiver into all truth I see the bible as The Historical Testimony about Jesus Christ and because of what he did can have the confidence in his life death and resurrection