John,

I have a difficult time believing that a genuine Christian "thinks that the Bible is not completely trustworthy and written by man." I like what Pilgrim said from John, and I also like, "The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil. For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved." Jn 3:19-20 and "[So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents]." 1 Jn 1:6 and "For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold, And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions." 2 Timothy 4:3-4. Some people in Bible studies I attend come to the Word of God with there own ideas instead of letting the Word of God master their thinking and attitudes to be open to God shaping new ideas (truest truth) that is faithful to Holy Scripture. I find it sad, but the challenge to me is to love them and bring to light words from Holy Scripture that the HS can use to perhaps cause them to think in a different way. Not my way, but God's way.