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Originally Posted by OBW
Harold,
You didn't read the rest of my post. I effectively dumped inerrancy as a useful term.
Read zeek's post (the one before yours). A different take on it than mine, but insightful.
The Bible is a collection of narratives and writings concerning God covering some centuries of time. It is lousy as a detailed history or as a science text. But it reveals God. But it does not do that very well unless the Spirit enlightens it. Then and only then can the term "inerrant" even begin to be discussed.
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I love the Bible, and I'm in it everyday. I'm just not idealistic about its origins. Much of it came out of the Bronze age, with the very limited science of their day, and limited understanding of the universe, compared to today.
And yes, you can get around those limitations by claiming that the Bible is a revelation from God, so it has God's unlimited cosmic knowledge in it.
There's many ways to take the Bible ... but few can actually be proven ... cuz we can't time travel back to see what actually happened.
And yes, bro Mike, I really appreciated your take on inerrancy.
If the Bible opens you up to God, it's done its job.
Writing has only been around since circa 3500 BCE. So does that mean God was unable to communicate with man before the advent of writing?