scripture an idol?

is it possible for believers to make scripture an idol? i mean, can we look to the word as a true, inspired work of God through men and still make an idol out of it? i have been thinking a great deal about this topic the latter part of this week, and i feel that i might be leaning toward yes. i feel that as the church (in the whole) we like to debate the authority of the word just about as much as any other 'controversial' (derived, blown-out-of-proportion topics) issue and by arguing to such great extent we distract ourselves from our true mission on this earth- serving Christ, exhibiting what he has done for us and living out the good news. That distraction is an escape from our true mission, our true focus, our true God. Isn't looking toward something and alloting so much of our hearts and time a form of worship? if so, then isn't debating an issue to death making it an idol? i may be taking this too far and i know that this is a seemingly circular argument and i am only approaching this from one angle, but apart from the authority of scripture debate i feel that we are idol worshipers in the truest sense. i think some of us actually worship our ideal of the word, or of God more than we allow God to be real and worshiped for who he is. i am guilty of this, so, i ask for everyone's accountability on this issue. and i ask us, the church, to approach this objectively and non-defensively. i think it is time we heal. i think it is time we allow God to heal us and remove from us the blockades that detract from him, our attention and worship. the scripture is scripture and if it is 'scripture' then by definition it is holy and if it is written by God then his authority backs it. that seems to me to be all that we need take into account. N.T. Wright, a british theologian, states that we have used the wrong definition for authority when we approach the word, and that we count the life applicational teachings for (and from) the first church as authoritative more than the word itself because we pull those from the word as truth and use them as rules/standards to live by. i wonder do we do this? i think so. maybe we are all guilty of extracting rules to live by instead of allowing the narrative depicting God's work with man move through us. this may sound somewhat mystical and mysterious, but i don't care i believe God is beyond me and probably more mystical than we realize (definitely more mysterious). anywho, enough for now. feel free to comment, bash, critique whatever you like. love you all...

::RJ

PS!!! click here for N.T. Wright's essay on the authority of scripture!