• Kraiden@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    I was taught and fully believed that it was the literal and inerrant word of God, guided by his hand and infallible… so yes, finding errors in it was a disturbing. The authors or it’s age shouldn’t matter if they’re being guided by an all knowing and all powerful being. It wasn’t until much later that I found out how much of it is suspected forgery. Probably could have saved a couple years of agony there

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      3 hours ago

      Most denominations don’t believe that it was written directly by God, but by inspired authors.

      • Kraiden@piefed.social
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        2 hours ago

        Not the one I was brought up in, and “most” is a stretch. I will grant you “some” but the majority believe it is the literal word of God