It appears that several people, or a few or a couple of them are not so sure as to where you are coming from i.e. your views on things, and this being an SDA forum that would be inclusive to things found in the Bible also known as Scripture.
Now that I answered your question will you be able to answer mine, or not? If you dont know what question I asked, that would be the one that has taken up the last portion of the previous page, and the entire current last page we are on. Will you answer the question or not?

Will, pointing me to a question that I have not been able to comprehend won't make it any plainer. I have told you what I think Scripture is. What else do you want to know? Maybe it would help if you answered the question so I can have an idea as to what the answer could look like.

What do you believe and how did you come to your conclusions. I hope this helps.
God Bless,
Will

We don't have space. I will tell you what I begin with. I believe that in the beginning an eternal Being created all we see around us. I fill in the blanks by observing the world around me using the intelligence He gave to me.

We seem to be digressing here a bit, however, as most topics at MSDAOL are based on God's Word, this digression is related to such topics and is therefore important for us to pursue further here.

I don't see any difference between the Scriptures and the Bible as they are one and the same thing, therefore, I also do not understand where Darius is coming from and what he is trying to convey to us here.

I hope Darius will enlighten us further as I find his responses here most confusing.

I think the problem comes from individuals who insist that what the church says about the Bible is the absolute truth about the Bible. God's word is eternal; it has no beginning and no end. That is what I believe in. I hope no one here has a problem with that.

I also find it curious that Christians are willing to say that the Jews were in error in their interpretation of Scripture but take offense when there is a suggestion that modern Christians could also be in error in their interpretation of Scripture. Who is the standard? if I may ask.

Darius, you continue to violate forum rules by not accepting the Bible as the sole source of inspiration annd authoritative truth. You set your intelligent observations of the natural world above the truths revealed in the Bible.

Darius: "God's word is eternal; it has no beginning and no end."

Darius this is not to suggest that the Bible is not absolute is it? There are those who say parts of it are fables, that it is open ended, (no beginning or end) not complete and/or not totally inspired, subject to interpretation to fit science or intellectual reasoning. For instance a lot of well meaning Christians (including a few SDA's) are rejecting the idea of a literal 7 day creation week and saying that the Bible is not accurate on the creation story and maybe God used evolution to create. Or that the world wide flood was a tale based on local floods like possibly of the Mediterranean basin.

Redfog

MM, you could not possibly live by the concepts implied by your last post. Please stop the posturing. I don't have time for small talk. It is too late in the day.

Matthew
4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Deuteronomy
4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Revelation
22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.