more religious venting

And what's up with the bible stuff? Is there anyone in that Presbyterian church who really, actually thinks that the bible was written by God? I doubt it.

In fact, this is how the minister started the reading last Sunday:

"Most biblical scholars agree that this passage was added later by leaders of the early church. Listen now to the Word of God."
--And ended with, "So ends our reading from God's Word. Thanks be to God."
-But... uhh... wait, like, didn't you just say the thing was written by leaders of the early church?!

And I know people would say "Well, we believe it was inspired by God." or "Well, that's just what we say 'cause it's a holy text." - but no, it matters.

Words matter. Say what you actually mean, or don't say anything; when it's something people have died for, when it's something that keeps homosexuals from being treated as equal citizens in our country, when it's something that starts wars and dissolves families, don't say "oh, well, we say it's the word of God, we say that Jesus died for our sins; we say that we're going to live forever if we follow him, we say that Jesus was the divine son of God and that he was resurrected and ascended into heaven, we say that he'll come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and that his kingdom will have no end... but we all really know that we mean something else."