Please understand my point is that my personal connection to God is above all else, that is the teaching of the way, that is the guidance I have received over my decades. Doesn't make me special, but does obligates me to share. The way, the good path is narrow, challenging for sure, but better than any alternative. I do see God's blessed words in the bible and am thankful for that and that many can see the good words. I can't accept anything man-made or bloodline as divine.

Yup, I still plan to ask God if there was laughter about hair disappearing on my head and then growing on my back. And I'll be smiling.

I see your point Blain. I too have a personal relationship to Yeshua that is the core of my life. He has said that His Word was given, dictated, to writers of gospels and other biblical books. The Word is His and it serves as the link between His Kingdom and this earthly realm. Without the Holy Scriptures, His Word, there could be no relationship with Him. It took deep study to get this but even without that His Word is the foundation as He says. I fully agree with you about bloodlines, etc.