Exactly as notos&w quoted above from John 8:18--
Having read the entire Bible multiple times, I find it confusing that so many who say they have read it and understand it still continue to believe in the 3 in 1 concept, when Jesus Christ himself so clearly stated that the Father had SENT him. If they were the same, how could he have been SENT as he stated, and just who was he praying to in The Garden of Gethsemane?
Secondly, "each and every verse is complete and true"? While I deeply believe that in it's original verse, as written by the inspired prophets who actually wrote them, that was the case, but at least 2000 years of transcription in the New Testaments case, and significantly more in the Old Testament leads me to believe that significant errors have accumulated in the text as it is currently. There are too many contradictions within the text as it stands for me to believe otherwise.
I have to believe that the Jehovah of the OLD Testament was the Jesus Christ of the NEW Testament, else why would he talk and quote as he did in the Temple? The significance of the Jewish Yahveh/Yahweh or "The Great I Am" would also argue that.
But to believe that the Bible as presently constituted is COMPLETELY correct and full, well that begs more than belief, it begs complete naivete. To believe that every scribe who transcribed and/or translated from the original did so while under the guidance of The Holy Spirit seems not just naive, but to me, at least, seems ludicrous.
If that was the case, why did the leaders of Christianity try to keep the written word from the people for so long?
My feeling is that they did so so that no one would question the changes/errors in translation/transcription.
Oh well, I hijacked the thread a little, (more than a little, I guess) but just wanted my 2 cents in here.
Bill