-Removed-I won't. But I'll give you this much.
"By the time he(Robert Dick Wilson) entered seminary,(at 15 years old) he was able to read the NT in nine languages. Prior to entering seminary, an old gentleman gave him a Hebrew-Latin dictionary, a Hebrew grammar, and an old Hebrew Bible. He learned Hebrew on his own and, going into seminary, took all the prizes in Hebrew. When asked how he did it, he replied, “I used my spare time.” He would take a Hebrew grammar with him when he went for walks and would read for about 15 minutes, or until he completely understood everything taught on that page. He described the process as being “unconscious of the labor, as a man is interested in his roses, and doesn’t think of the thorns.” He utilized this method to master Latin, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, biblical Aramaic, Syriac, Arabic, and others, twenty-six languages and dialects in all."
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@rajk999 saidYou get Christ from the Bible; without it, how would you know anything at all about Jesus Christ? From the OT predictions to those who walked with Him, from those who walked with those who knew Him, to Luke who researched it all even from a Gentile perspective. The very thing you go to see what Jesus said and did you call into question? Then there is the whole Jesus is the Word of God; if He is the Word, and scriptures are considered coming from God, you again throw it all out and say only a handful of quotes are worth keeping?
The bible is not more authoritative than Christ.
@moonbus saidI agree that the Bible is a snapshot in time, yet it speaks about the beginning and the end. It is also filled with things that would not be considered acceptable today, but getting to the place we are today was shaped by those things in the scriptures too; it is, in my opinion, the most inspirational book in human history, outselling all others and studied more changing lives and through those lives countries and so on. The central figure is Jesus Christ, whose humble beginnings should have had his name swallowed up in history and forgotten; instead, we divide time by His birth, and much of the world has something to say about His life.
This is a point I have made countless times in other threads here, but I guess it has to be repeated yet again. The Bible is a snapshot in time, frozen at the 4th c. Not everything in it is morally defensible now; there are things in it no sane person, Christian or otherwise, should believe or put into practise. (Ex. 22:18 a case in point -- despite what Jesus said, namely, " ...[text shortened]... e.
This is not my personal opinion; it has been official doctrine since the time of the Apostles.