1) Maybe I misunderstood. Seemed like you said God has no maleness since he is spirit. No?
2) No, neither the Father nor the Holy Spirit died. Jesus did die - Divinity and Humanity.
3) "I don't believe it's what God said simply because it is written in a book about God, no. I worship God, not the book written about God."
How do you worship God if you reject his Word in Scripture? Are you worshiping God as he is, or are you worshiping something you've made up in your own mind?
4) No, if you feel free to pick and choose which Bible passages you will believe, then you wouldn't understand about apostasy. An apostate is someone who has abandoned one or more teachings of the Christian faith, particularly essential teachings like the Bible's authority and validity. Something like that leaves you without any authority other than yourself - which is an exceedingly bad way to be.
5) And if you are free to pick and choose in Scripture, then you wouldn't understand about Scripture's inspiration either. Nor would you trust Scripture as your guide for life and Salvation. You would call it something like "circular reasoning", which makes sense in human logic. Again, you are without an authoritative rudder by which to steer your life and beliefs.
6) Being willing to reject what God has said about himself must certainly make Jesus' work of Salvation a lot more difficult. Rejecting God's Word in Scripture leaves you open to every faith-destroying spiritual innovation that comes along. The essence of Salvation is submission to the will of God rather than insistence on your own way. Insistence on one's own way, or rebellion, is what got the human race in trouble to start with.
According to Marge's note at the top of the page, the forum is intended for Bible discussions "from a believer's point of view". We can answer questions for you, but it isn't an appropriate place for expressing non-biblical arguments as I understand her instructions.
We begin from the point of view that the Bible IS God's inspired word. It's entirely possible that different people might have differences of understanding regarding Bible passages, which can be appropriately discussed. But it looks like you start from the point of view that the Bible is NOT God's inspired Word; that does make it difficult.
I wish you luck, although I do think you've got yourself pointed in exactly the wrong direction. My advice to you would be to seriously question why you have a hard time believing in Scripture (or in the Church, I suspect). And try wondering why your Creator, who died for you on a Cross, would mess with your mind and endanger what he bought for you when he hung on that Cross. That wouldn't be logical in human or Godly terms.
Meanwhile, you are well on the way to not believing in God at all, which is a terrible thing!
In faith, Dave
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