Originally Posted by curdog4570
Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd

I think if IIRC, the Bible is God's innerant Word and Special Revelation.

Apparently, though, you have decided differently.


You are creating a division among believers that need not be there.

When you go beyond the two Great Commandments in search of "more knowledge", you are traveling with your head as a companion and - by implication - claiming you have fulfilled those TWO.


Cur dog, how so? Do you deny what I stated about God's Word? If what you say is true then why didn't God just stop with the Two Great Commamdments? Why all of the rest of the scriptures?

I suspect I understand a bit of your intent and if so I agree and strongly disagree with those folks whose "faith" becomes only an academic exercise or who go blindly down some road to occultism or to cult formation but generally I look upon the Word of God as a gold mine that is impossible to for us to completely exhaust while we become even more in awe of who and what God is and what He did for us..

Are what you saying that all the theologians from Paul to Augustine to Luther and Calvin were wrong in studying Gods Word and that it was a waste of time?

I Would strongly disagree with that.