by June McGee

Created on: May 02, 2008

Can Different Sacred Texts be Inspired by God?

What do you accept as the truth? This is the underlying question which has to be answered in order to identify whether or not different texts can be inspired by God. And we must also keep in mind that when we accept something, a written work for example, as truth that doesn't necessarily make it true. Man, in his often ridiculous ignorance, believes that he has the right to "canonize" certain writings, thus making them equal with God's Word. From a strictly Christian viewpoint, I would be outraged, as God's Word (The Holy Bible) provides warnings against adding or subtracting from what is written in its pages. If we are then considering the sacredness of the different texts to be cause for canonization, I really have to send a resounding vote of NO to the entire question. What I mean is this Who in the world is man think that he is even entertaining the thought that he can decide what is inspired of God? You, as a member of the family of man, may accept what you wish but when it comes to outright telling others, teaching, preaching from the pulpit, you do not have the right to stand in God's place and decide what He has inspired when it is outside the teaching of the Bible itself. And the coincidence of some of these other works with people, places, and events in the Bible is not grounds to start calling them inspired of God. As a writer, I'm certain that I could come up with a totally plausible writing which would give mention to a lot of similar characters from the Bible. Would that make my work inspired of God? Should what I have written then be subject for canonization? I would think not. It isn't just as easy as taking a vote among the religious leaders and deciding to add it to the whole of God's inspired text. And, in the first place, who is it who is saying that these texts are actually "sacred" at all?

What have we done? We have, instead of accepting that we are created in God's Image, we have sought to re-create God in our image. And this is why we are continually attempting to, in effect; find ways to change God's Word to fit how we want to live. One of them is accepting other texts as being inspired by God Himself. Does anyone ever think to give God a vote in all of this? Did anyone take it to prayer and ask Him for an opinion? Yes, I'm becoming a bit facetious, but shouldn't we, as Christians, ask God if He ever inspired (said) any of the items contained in these other texts? Or maybe God just plain

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