I thought God was perfect?

If I want to learn to hit a baseball, I'd go to Hank Aaron if I could.
If I want to learn to shoot a basketball, I'd go to Michael Jordan if I could.
If I want to learn to score a goal, I'd go to Wayne Gretsky if I could.
If I want to learn to make a takedown, I'd go to Kurt Angle if I could.
If I want to learn to _______, I'd go to _______ if I could.

So, what's the point? If any of these guys wrote a book about how to do what they do best, I don't think anyone would dispute what they had to offer. There wouldn't be factions of people going, "I don't think he wrote it that way." or "It actually should be written like this." That would be absolutely ridiculous. But yet, if I want to live the Christian Life, shouldn't I go to God?

Agreed:
1) God wrote the Bible.
2) God used men to physicaly write the Bible.
3) God is perfect (I hope we are agreed on this one).
4) When God created everything, he created everything perfectly.
5) God has a perfect plan that can/will be executed.

Based upon the agreeds, it's good the God we have. So why can't he be perfect? I'm sure no one would out right say that God is not perfect, but implications are still there. Sometimes it is what you don't say that speaks the loudest. Please bear with me, I realize I may be over-simplyfying this, but God did write the Bible for everyone to understand. Even me and my 3rd graders.

Here's my problem. How can anyone say (or imply) that God is not perfect? If Jordan wrote a book on basketball, or Gretsky on Hockey, would anyone argue with them? But yet, God wrote a Book on Himself, His creation, and His works (an autobiography if you will) and people are trying to do some terrible things to it. Terrible things that can be catergorized into one statement, God's not perfect. Follow me with this logic.

Disagrees:

1) God did not perserve his word. = Either is saying God was not capable, or that God did not want to do it. This would mean either something was more powerful that Him or that He gave up caring.

2) Concepts are important, not the actual words. = Either is saying that God didn't choose that right words or that we can wrap our minds around everything that God teaches in the Bible. This would mean either we think we can word things better than God or that our minds are so advanced that they are equal with God. Afterall if it's the concepts that are important than we need to know everything so that when we compare Scripture with Scripture we are comparing the correct concepts with the correct concepts rather than verses with verses.

I'm sure there are other points for the disagrees side. I'm sure they have racked their brains to come up with them too. I'm just thankful I didn't have to think too hard to come up with the idea that God is perfect and so his Word is too. I'm glad God wrote it down. Since He is perfect that means anything He does, logically, has to be perfect. Which includes, but not limited to, word usuage & preservation. Maybe I am just too simple minded to just take God at what He says and believe it. Maybe I need to critize what He wrote to make my ego feel better. But then again, I wouldn't give that honor to Mr. Gretsky, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Angle, Mr. Aaron or Mr. ________ . Afterall, God does want us to have that simple believing faith, just like little children. Shouldn't we go to the expert on a subject? So I guess my conclusion is two-fold.

1) God is perfect (Agreed).
2) Anything God does is perfect (I hope you agree too.)

Christopher Myers
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