What Are the Some Non-Biblical Views toward Ultimate Authority?
The Bible is God’s revealed Word to humanity. There are, however, a variety of other ways in which people have approached the issue of ultimate authority apart from Holy Scripture. Each of these views denies that the Bible is the final authoritative source on all matters of which it speaks. These non-biblical approaches include the following. 1. Human Reason For many people, human reason, or rationalism, is the final source of authority on all matters. Humans are the ones who are the final determiners of what is true and what is not. There is no outside source of authority to determine what is truth. When this is applied to the Bible, it denies that God has revealed Himself to humanity. Under this approach the Bible is not viewed as authoritative but rather as a piece of religious literature. Agnostics, atheists, as well as theological liberals would fall into this category. Response Human reason, as brilliant as it may be, is always limited. Even the best human minds are pathetically
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