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@JL: The Bible should tell you more about yourself than anything else.

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Why do you believe that?

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Why do you think the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus - by what Authority do you do these?
What was Jesus answer??? (backed by scripture?)

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He appealed to John the Baptist, who himself had been prophecied...by Scripture.

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Originally Posted by waltero

.Ah, errr, wait a minute - this wasn't suppose to happen? Should I be worried?

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LOL - good question!

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The Bible should tell you more about yourself than anything else...it is you that is in "this book.

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You're on a roll, W.

I once read a book about what the author called "theology". They were simple stories about God and how people reacted to God. In the preface, he advised the reader to see himself in the stories, not someone else. I think you're saying something similar.

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Let your word "Live in me, oh God!

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Yearning like the Psalmist.

It's a simple equation. When a person wants to believe whatever he/she wants to believe, then that person will cut loose from any objective standard as much as possible.