Idolatorus Bible?

Sounds like an oxymoron does it not? But how many have said or heard people say to us, "I need to pray more." "I need to read the Bible more." Where did these phrases come from? They did not come from God nor did they come from His Son. There is no scripture that Jesus tells his disciples, the Pharisees, anybody that they need to read the Scriptures more. Sure, he told them at times that they were in error because they did not know the scriptures but he never used the word, "need" or "have to" in reference to them. As a matter of fact, there is not one scripture that points to itself as the need. So where did this infatuation of a book come from? Actually that is scriptural. Romans talks about people worshipping created things rather than the Creator. If I had a quarter for every time I have heard that the Bible is the Word of God, I'd have enough money to retire right now. Where in the scripture does it even mention that the Bible is the word of God? David said to God, "your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path." But did David even have a Bible when he said that? No, he was strumming away on his musical instrument. I picture him chilling underneath a tree in the shadiest area making sweet music to the King of Kings and him pausing to listen to the heart of God. And it is clear in scripture that there were times that he was pissed off and wished harm on his enemies only to at the very end of the psalm, repent and come back to the place of love. Jesus said, 'man does not live on bread alone, but by every word of God." Sounds like he is referring to the Bible there does it not? Let's not forget though that Jesus IS the Word. "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God." If the Word was the beginning and man had not even been around to write the "inspired words of God," then how can it be that the Bible is the word? A scripture that has been spoken to death regarding this matter is the passage in 1 Timothy where it says "every scripture is God-breathed and useful for correcting, rebuking, teaching..." This is the verse that justifies why the bible is incessantly praised. But let's really examine this: The scripture is God-breathed and USEFUL. Meaning it has use. Don't disregard it but don't treat it like the most valuable thing on the face of the earth either. I have things in my room that are of some use to me, but should they get ruined, I am not useless without them. It boggles my mind how this word has been replaced in Christianity to actually mean necessity. Jesus even told the Pharisees-who lived the scriptures better than you and I could ever-that "they study the scriptures because by them alone they believed they would have eternal life." What is the Son of God communicating here? That it is possible to know the bible inside and out yet have no relationship with the Father. Yes, sadly a book has replaced love for God. This is no different than the Israelites who worshipped a golden calf and called it "Yahweh." I used to think how foolish. Not anymore. The same goes on today. People praise and idolize a leather book with thin perishable pieces of paper and call it Yahweh. You ask, how is that the same, the Israelites were bowing down to a gold cow? Do not think it is the physical thing that separates us from the Israelites, it is the heart of the matter. This all goes back to the Garden of Eden where God said that because the fruit was eaten man now has the knowledge of good and evil. Meaning, they now knew evil existed. God is good, but now they have a knowledge that they never knew before: an opposite of good. Even more than that with two polar opposites now in the equation, without the Father, deciphering the good from the bad has now become jaded and up to each individual. When the rich young ruler called Jesus, good teacher, Jesus' response was, "why do you call me good? There is only one that is good which is God." The heart of the story in Deuteronomy is the golden cow was good in the eyes of the people. And the bible has been referred to what in our day? Yep, the good book. How it must grieve the Father's heart. And what's worse is that the very pieces of paper is used to justify or to cut other people down. Even if the bible was God's way of speaking to his people right now, how ludicrous and schizophrenic would He need to be to say in one breath, "I am love" and in the next breath to bash and criticize homosexuals and our government. Yes, sadly, Christianity has made for themselves an idol in the form of a book and have attempted to force people to read it or they are not "spiritual" enough. I for one am grateful that God is not hindered or powerless against our ignorance. He is still is control and I am seeing more people come out of this way of thinking and living loved which is a far cry from the "Jesus loves me, yes I know for the bible tells me so" way of living.