some philosophy Thoughts from Augustine: How does God speak? Written words? Spoken words? God is not a body, a material object, so cannot produce sound. Neither is God in time, but words are temporal and spatial (exist in time and within place); God cannot communicate in time.

Augustine therefore does not think the bible is the definitive word of God.

This position supports my own about certain religions interpreting the "word of God" (or other religious texts) so literally. Not reasonable, nor logical.  | ¶ 5:33 p.m.