Short answer? No. We believe in God!

We definitely do believe the Bible to be God's inspired word, the most important thing we have received from the early Church. In fact, it was the Church that gave us the Bible as we know it today.

Isn't that backwards? Isn't the Church based on the Bible?

The Bible didn't just fall from heaven with a table of contents on page one. The Church was alive and well for decades before the New Testament was even written - and for centuries before the canon was "canonized" by Orthodox bishops in the fourth century. The books that make up the Bible as we have it today were shared, assembled, and approved over time by the Orthodox Christian community.

Orthodoxy doesn't artificially set up Church or Tradition against Scripture - rather we recognize that the body of faith and practice passed on from generation to generation is an organic whole. The word "tradition" just means "that which was transmitted." Because the Scriptures are the most important part of that tradition, the early Christian Fathers always argued from Scripture - but they did not interpret that Scripture in isolation from the whole body of faith they'd received from their predecessors. As St Paul wrote, Stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. (2 Thessalonians 2:15)

Here are some thought-provoking articles about the Bible:
All Scripture is Inspired by God: Thoughts on the Old Testament Canon
Do Not Add to His Words: Thoughts on the New Testament Canon