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"The Bible is the revealed word of God.">>>> "It's The Word, The Word and nothing but the Word." I mean, it's not hard to do the math. David said "thou has magnified thy Word above all thy name." 1.) It was David, not God, who made the declaration. 2.) There was no "Bible" when he said it.

“The Word” means a lot of things. There’s probably a thread for that. Is there any doubt what victor and TWI mean when they say The Word? Do they not mean the Bible, specifically, the Wierwille Revised Version (WRV)? Bibliolatry, indeed. Because the mantra is decidedly NOT “The Light, the light, the light, and nothing but the light…The Love, the love, the love, and nothing but the love…”

Well, I still maintain Victor Wierwille's entire enterprise was based on and revolved around bibliolatry. Nevertheless, on other things, I've held the same concern you raised and believe your concern is quite valid. Perhaps I'll start a thread on the topic of bibliolatry in the linked forum. I appreciate your assertiveness in raising the issue.

"Bibliolatry...is the worship of a book, idolatrous homage to a book, or the deifying of a book...It is a form of idolatry." I agree this fits in with what I understand the "About the Way" forum was to be about - the freedom to look at the other side of what twi taught without fear of having threats, condemnation and insults thrown at you. Many, many times, I have read people say that the reason for their posts was to help those thinking of leaving twi or those who have left and are struggling mentally, emotionally, spiritually to find strength and healing. So, I personally feel that discussing the idea that the Bible is no longer relevant or no longer a source for truth is 1) not going to help these people and 2) have nothing to do about the way because they never taught this. There is not the other side of one of their coins (beliefs). If I had read some of these posts when I came to GSC 8 months ago, I would have turned away for the site immediately. Instead, I read a discussion about the Absent Christ and it changed my spiritual life from being one step away from the grave to becoming alive and meaningful for the first time ever - even after being in twi for 12 years. Discussing the importance of critical thinking is helpful because it was done away with in the way. But in my opinion, if one's critical thinking leads them to no longer believe in God or in His Word at all, then I think a thread should be started to discuss this in a different forum. In this way, I agree with what Penworks suggested.