This discussion considers the Bible as the only inspired revelation of God's will to man. In western civilization, the Bible is probably considered by most people as God's word in some way. Some of the other great religions of the world have a set of writings which may compete with the Bible in today's world, but only the Mohammedan Quran, among the non-Biblical religious writings claims to be inspired. For those who know both the Bible and the Quran, the Bible, without contest, stands out for its spiritual excellence. The real competition for the Bible comes in Western thought, where we find that many philosophies seek to replace it.
Deism denies revelation, in favor of natural law and scientific discovery.
Liberal theology denies any supernatural, inspired word revelation in favor of human experience, learned by education and scientific discovery. It is totally subjective. A related theology, called Salvation-History holds that real, factual revelation from God has been given in the events of history, but that the Bible is only a fallible, errant, human record of those revelatory historical events. It is not to be trusted in its statements and concepts, and the meaning of the events is learned through existential, subjective insights. Some religious views today argue in favor of the Bible as God's word, but in fact hold it to be powerless and inert, in and of itself.