We often hear "The Bible says "this" and the Bible said "that"". Can the Bible itself be turned into an idol?

The Bible was written by very fallible men years and years after Jesus time. God didn't sanction anything. However, it's the greatest fairytale ever. This post was edited by Zack at June 7, 2018 12:02 AM MDT

God is the God of rightness. The bible is His word. The only way you could make an idol of it is if you didn't read it. The Roman Catholics tried to do that for a while, printing bibles in Latin because lay followers had to accept what priests told them it said.

Witch covens to this day discourage written records for the same reason: they want followers to depend on verbal orders, without documentary evidence.

In the 19th century Americans started moving west and three institutions went with them. There was vaudeville, traveling entertainment. There was lyceum, traveling education and culture. And there was the itinerant preacher, offering a new style of preaching called "hell fire and brim stone". It was very entertaining, only loosely based on scripture, and pastors didn't even try to compete.

Instead they switched to preaching public morality and philosophy. Eventually an entire generation grew up not knowing the first thing about the religion they claimed to believe. That is why most Christian churches don't teach doctrines, and most members don't know what they are supposed to believe. They have made an idol of "faith of our fathers" and they don't even know what "faith" means. But by god they're willing to die for it.

Christian churches sometimes have bible study sessions, but they are always bumbling failures because almost nobody knows how to study the bible.

To the point of your first question- Absolutely, yes.
When a defendant in court (for example) is made to swear on the Bible, it is used as an idol. 
When evangelists wave it about during a sermon, it is again used as an idol. 

There is no account within the Bible to indicate it was written by God’s expressed direction. It is clear the Bible was compiled from various writings, over generations, by early Christian clerics to be the primary guidebook of their faith. 

Pretty sure that it was by holy spirit that we have copies of all the scrolls, books and letters preserved for us today. Nice to have them conveniently bound together in a Bible. It is my understanding that after the writings that make up the Bible were complete and the death of the apostles and those they laid hands on that gifts of tongues, inspiration of prophecies and such would cease. 

(Deuteronomy 17:18, 19) When he takes his seat on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a book a copy of this Law, taken from the one kept by the Levitical priests. 19 “It is to remain with him, and he must read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God and observe all the words of this Law and these regulations by carrying them out.
(1 Corinthians 10:11) Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for a warning to us upon whom the ends of the systems of things have come.
(2 Timothy 3:16) All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness,
(1 Corinthians 13:9, 10) For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially, 10 but when what is complete comes, what is partial will be done away with.
(Romans 15:4) For all the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope.



CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES
[So designated to distinguish them from the pre-Christian Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. It is a common practice to call this latter portion of the Bible the New Testament.—See BIBLE.
There are 27 canonical books that make up the Christian Greek Scriptures. After the death of Jesus, these books were penned under inspiration by eight men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, Peter, and Jude. Not all these men followed Jesus during his ministry; in fact, as far as is known for a certainty, only the three apostles Matthew, John, and Peter did. Mark may have been the “certain young man” who followed Jesus at a distance after he was arrested. (Mr 14:51, 52) At Pentecost, James, Jude, and perhaps Mark were present along with them. (Ac 1:13-15; 2:1) Later the apostle Paul was converted. All these writers became closely associated with the governing body of the first-century congregation in Jerusalem.
In what language were these books originally written? With the exception of the book of Matthew, which was written originally in Hebrew and later translated into Greek, all the other 26 books were written in the common Greek, Koine, the international language of the day.—See MATTHEW, GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO.
Nor was it a mere coincidence that these inspired Christian men, all of them natural-born Jews (Ro 3:1, 2), had their writings sent out in Greek. These were not private communications but were intended for wide circulation, to be read and studied by all the congregations. (Col 4:16; 1Th 5:27; 2Pe 3:15, 16) The writers were under divine command to spread this good news and teaching to the most distant part of the earth, to places where Hebrew and Latin were not read. (Mt 28:19; Ac 1:8) Even in territories closer to Palestine, there was an increasingly large number of non-Jews coming into the local congregations. Also, when quoting the Hebrew Scriptures, these writers frequently used the Greek Septuagint.
The books of the Christian Greek Scriptures, listed according to the approximate year (C.E.) written, are as follows: Matthew, 41; 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 50 and 51; Galatians, 50-52; 1 and 2 Corinthians, 55; Romans, 56; Luke, 56-58; Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, Philippians, 60-61; Hebrews, Acts, 61; James, before 62; Mark, 60-65; 1 Timothy, Titus, 61-64; 1 Peter, 62-64; 2 Peter, 64; 2 Timothy, Jude, 65; Revelation, 96; John and 1, 2, 3 John, 98. This period of less than 60 years is quite a contrast with the nearly 11 centuries taken to complete the Hebrew Scriptures.
When it came time to combine these books of the Christian Greek Scriptures into a single volume, they were not assembled in the order in which they were written. Rather, they were put in a logical arrangement according to subject matter, which can be classified as (1) the five historical books of the Gospels and Acts, (2) the 21 letters, and (3) the Revelation.
The four Gospels (the word “Gospel” meaning “good news”), written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, give us a fourfold historical account of the life and activity of Jesus, each account being an independent report. The first three of these are sometimes called synoptic (meaning “like view”) because they have a relatively similar approach to Jesus’ ministry in comparison with John’s Gospel, yet each reflects individualism on the part of the writer. John’s Gospel fills in certain details omitted by the other three. The Acts of Apostles then follows in logical sequence, carrying the history of the Christian congregation as established at Pentecost on down nearly 30 years after the death of Jesus.
The congregation’s inner workings, its problems, its public preaching, its other privileges, and its hopes are dealt with in the 21 letters that follow the historical section. Paul is named as the writer of 13 letters. The letter to the Hebrews is also generally ascribed to Paul. Following these writings is a group of letters, most of which were written to all the congregations in general, by James, Peter, John, and Jude. Lastly, as a delightful climax to the whole Bible, is the Revelation with its preview of profound events of the future....]

Of course it can--JW's have done the best job of that.

Edit:  They even refuse to accept that God might have chosen to establish a mechanism for further explanation to His creation of anything that He already caused to be written therein. This post was edited by tom jackson at April 8, 2018 3:33 PM MDT

  I believe it can. For instance, too many folks take verses out of context and make it a pretext or use it as proof text to build their own set of beliefs by it.  This is nothing short of idolatry.  Instead of worshiping a graven image they worship their favorite texts and use them to create doctrines.  This always turns out badly because text must always be read within the context of the whole chapter and even the book.  God never intended to have us use one text and to build a belief system on it. It takes the whole Word to get the whole counsel of God.  The only thing we might not do is bow down and worship the Bible but when we idolize certain verses over and against other verses or people, we are creating a god in our own likeness and a Bible of our own beliefs. 

Yes, if you sincerely believe in "this" and "that".

A true christian does not idolize the bible, instead it is a cherished and much valued document that provides answers to life's questions. Psalms 19:7-11 says: "The law of Jehovah is perfect  restoring strength. The reminder of Jehovah is trustworthy, making the inexperienced one wise. The orders from Jehovah are righteous, causing the heart to rejoice; the commandment of Jehovah is clean, making the eyes shine. The fear of Jehovah is pure, lasting forever. The judgements of Jehovah are true, altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold, than much fine gold, and sweeter than honey, the honey that drips from the comb. By them your serveant has been warned; in keeping them there is a large reward."