when a religious book makes you question the concepts that make sense you, it's a good time to take a moment and consider which of those two things you should be skeptical about.
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not to mention that it's inconsistent with other stuff, like Samuel 8 and "i bring a sword" and "render unto caeser"
the fiction that it is "God's Word" is a doctrine, it is not plausibly referred to in the text itself. the "God's Word" doctrane was introduced by the catholic church. it is not native to christianity unless you narrowly define that as what the romans who devised the catholic church said it was. which is not actually literally in the text.
i think just by itself samuel invalidates this doctrine. but don't mind me. i'm just some outcast philosopher and scholar.
And if both make some sense to you, this is also worth exploring.