The bible is God talking to you (priest, pray, faith)

[Francine]

The Bible is God talking to you.

Prayer is you talking to God.

[Starfish]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

Prayer is you talking to God.

I agree.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

If so, how come God doesn't have a better command of Greek?

[ChristineES]

Being that I am of the Christian faith, I certainly believe that the Bible was inspired by God. Whether if it is God "talking to me" I don't know. I sometimes get ideas in my head without even thinking about them. I say then that they may be "God inspired ideas", as well. Anyone can get God inspired ideas, even those who don't believe in God.

[Random]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

No. The Bible is an attempted summation of what Man thinks he knows about God.

Originally Posted by Francine

Prayer is you talking to God.

Yes, just so. But it is worth noting that there are those who makes their lives a prayer, even as they walk, talk, live and breathe.

[stephenw]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you..

I hear God best in the wild places

Originally Posted by Francine

Prayer is you talking to God.

When I'm engrossed, my wife, kids, sport, study - then I'm talking to God.

[MidnightBlue]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

If I believed that, I'd be immeasurably depressed. I didn't believe that even when I was a Christian. Once when somebody referred to the Bible as the Word of God, an Orthodox priest answered, "The Bible is not the Word of God. The Bible is, at best, words about God." The key words here are "at best."

Originally Posted by Francine

Prayer is you talking to God.

Believe it or not, I still say my prayers. But I'm not talking to God, and I don't believe anybody's listening. The sound and the rhythm of the Greek language pleases me; it's relaxing and meditative, but not -- in my case -- talking to God.

[Jistyr]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

Then God doesn't make very good conversation.

Not to mention all those translation errors.

[Saint Tigeress]

Originally Posted by Francine

The Bible is God talking to you.

In a way I agree. But I still don't trust it. God is not limited to a book when He wants to speak. Especially not one that hundreds of people have probably had thier sticky fingers in.

Originally Posted by Jistyr

Then God doesn't make very good conversation.

Not to mention all those translation errors.

Yes, the bible is rather hard to get into isn't it? Maybe it was more interesting however many hundreds of years ago when it was first written. Wouldn't it be cool to travel back in time and snatch up the original stuff?! Isn't the catholic church still supposed to have it locked up somewhere?