A Few Reasons For Doubting The Inspiration Of The Bible

By
Robert Green Ingersoll

THE Old Testament must have been written nearly two thousand years before the invention of Printing. There were but few copies, and these were in the keeping of those whose interest might have prompted interpolations, and whose ignorance might have led to mistakes.

Second. The written Hebrew was composed entirely of consonants, without any points or marks standing for vowels, so that anything like accuracy was impossible, Anyone can test this for himself by writing an English sentence, leaving out the vowels. It will take far more inspiration to read than to write a book with consonants alone.

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Do You Lean On Your Own Understanding?

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:5

How many times did you hear that proverb during your years in WCG?  How often do you COG folks still hear it today?  I heard it a lot, and I’m sure many of you still do.

Well, it’s straight out of the Bible, isn’t it?  The literal word of God, if we are to believe God actually inspired that sainted book.  But does it make any sense?  I mean, really?

Think about it.  Just think what that second phrase actually means.  “Lean not on your own understanding”?  Why not?  What could possibly be wrong with your own understanding?

After all, if you understand the Bible, and you understand what you’ve been taught, why shouldn’t you lean on that understanding?  I can see trusting God with all your heart, if you are so inclined, but what is so bad if you “lean on your own understanding”?

Well, that’s the question, isn’t it?

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