A thing that many believers have in common is that none of them claim to have ever confronted God, and that they obviously are not aware of God's opinion on certain issues. The only way for them to get an idea of what God's opinion is, is to check the Bible. The thing about the Bible though is that it was written by humans, and therefore is, by many, not considered completely accurate as a source showing exactly what God's opinion really is. As a result, many believers now, for instance, says that there is nothing wrong about homosexuality despite the fact that the Bible clearly condemns it. Another heavily debated topic is whether evolution explains how all life came to be or if God created all plants, animals etc. separately: A case where believers who fully trust science usually sides with the evolutionists, to my knowledge.
What this means is that every view/opinion that God supposedly has according to the Bible, is up for debate for all believers who don't believe in every word that the Bible says. "God's Word"contains flaws, and it is up to the believers to correct them with their own view of what opinions a perfect God should have. Ultimately, what this means is that their beliefs are what defines the God that they believe in. They create a God in their heads that fulfills the criterias of their ideal God, and then believe in their creation. What this also obviously means is that all who don't believe in every word in the Bible believe in different gods with different opinions.
My question is this: How can these people actually believe that their view of the one and true God is the correct belief? I mean, their chances of having the correct beliefs of what opinions the actual god holds are basically nonexistent if we consider all possibilities. Heck, as far as we know God may have fooled mankind all along and made people write down the Bible just for the heck of it. Or the actual God who created the universe had nothing to do with the Bible, and it is all just stories that were made up by humans.
By not believing in every word of the Bible and instead believe in your own definition of a perfect god you are paying for a lottery that is impossible to win, as I see it.
Thoughts?
