Perfect Love casts out fear: well, you choose to worship some writings and I choose to worship God. So be it. I thought we were reaching some sense of accord but, no. I am absolutely staggered that you dismiss God's Holy Spirit so readily. Jesus specifically said, before He ascended back to the Father, that He was leaving His Holy Spirit to intercede for us. Why would you assume, when I pray to God, that I am communing with some fake evil spirit but when YOU pray, you are communing with the real thing? You assume that "my" Holy Spirit is a fake because He interprets in a way that you don't agree with or that doesn't accord with your interpretation of scripture. Please give me some credit for being genuinely on a journey to commune more closely with God.

sandinwindsor: As I asked you, how do you know you are following God's Holy Spirit, if it disagrees with scripture. Christ intercedes for us. The Holy Spirit's job is to teach us and He will not contradict scripture

Perfect Love casts out fear : God's Holy Spirit interprets scripture correctly and currently. If scripture is as obvious and as infallible as you claim, then why did God need to leave us with the Holy Spirit at all? Clearly, it was because we need a current voice in our lives, not just a set of ancient manuscripts that we often interpret incorrectly. As I have mentioned elsewhere, we are 2000 years down the line and STILL don't have a definitive translation of the Bible that we can all agree is authentic and correct. Why, then, be so arrogant to assume it can be read literally and adhered to slavishly when we actually have THE HOLY SPIRIT of God on hand 24/7?

sandinwindsor: but, as I keep telling you, if your "holy spirit" tells you different from scripture, it is not the Holy Spirit.
Secondly, scripture interprets scripture.
The voice in our lives comes from the Lord, and will not contradict scripture
Between the Dead Sea Scrolls and scripture today, there were 6 items that were seen ambiguously - and not on homosexuality
If your difficulty is in understanding scripture: www.biblehub.com They will give you twenty-five interpretations of the verse - not always different - and that is how one interprets scripture, not aside from, but with scripture.
it can be read authoritatively and literally because Christ used it and stated, :Scripture cannot be broken - displaying the authority and validity of scripture.
If your "holy spirit" is teaching you differently than scripture - it is a lie from the pit of Hell
Now, please tell me scripturally how God is not going to allow someone to go to Hell?

Perfect Love casts out fear: Just staggering that you seem to place so little value on the Holy Spirit yet so, so much on a book! But, hey, nothing I have said appears to resound with you. Your view of the trinity is really warped. In essence, you are saying I am possessed of an evil spirit which mimics the Holy Spirit and when I pray to God, it is the evil spirit which answers and not God. Not very nice of you at all. To state that, if someone cries out to God in prayer, they cannot rely on it actually being God that answers is beyond wicked. You have reduced Almighty God to a god. On that basis, our dialogue is at an end.

sandinwindsor: If your "holy spirit" tells you differently than scripture, yes, I would say you are playing with demons. Demons will disguise themselves as angels of light. - learn some scripture.
John 14:25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. " He will teach all that Christ taught - hence, He will not be granting new scripture.
Christ said, "It is finished".