Debating heretics is frustrating at the best of times, but when they actually attack the Bible, as if God could possibly make an error, it boggles my mind. How is it even remotely possible for people to claim to believe an omniscient and Holy God has spoken, and yet they come to the conclusion that the words He spoke could be wrong?
When this ministry was still God Squad Apologetics, I encountered two examples; one Catholic, one Orthodox. During the same debate, both of them said God was wrong about Creation (one of them claimed there are three contradictory creation accounts, the other said Augustine's belief that creation took one day is more authoritative than Moses' six), and one of them said God is a bad mathematician because the Bible allegedly says pi is exactly 3.
Now, who does that sound like? Ignoring the guy who said Augustine is more authoritative than God, do the other two arguments not sound a little atheistic? They should, because it's usually only atheists that use them. Yet because I was defending the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, this Catholic/Orthodox (I can't remember which of the two made which argument) felt the need to borrow from the atheistic arsenal to attack the very word of God.
As for Augustine's view, obviously atheists don't use that argument. Nevertheless, it is still arguing that a man is smarter than God. This should shock people. I can't, for the life of me, understand why it doesn't set off alarm bells in their heads. While Paul said let God be found true, and every man a liar, these people say let man be found true, and God be found the liar.
But here's the question: How often do we do the same? Maybe we don't do it so brazenly. Maybe you don't say the Bible contains errors, or that man is more authoritative. But have you ever resisted the Scriptures at all? There could be any reason we resist Scripture. It offends our pride. It forbids that which we love, or commands that which we hate. It erodes our preconceptions. It disagrees with people we look up to. Be honest, we've all done that. Every single one of us, whether directly or indirectly, has at some point in our lives said to God "you are wrong". But no, we are wrong. There is not a word on this earth that carries more truth, or more authority, than those contained within the Scriptures. Therefore, let us learn them and submit to them as if the Lord Himself was stood in front of us speaking them aloud.