Comments on: A Defense of Biblical Inerrancy, Part 6

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:57:57 +0000

You might consider Ps. 119:140 and Pvb. 30:5 where God's word is called pure or very pure as a claim to innerrancy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:01 +0000

While there is a spectrum regarding what people believe about the Bible, inerrancy is only a point on that spectrum. We can create designations for other points, but what I've argued is that inerrancy is defined in such a way that it cannot itself be a spectrum without altering its definition.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:39:52 +0000

Having said what you said that I may be somewhere in between (I agree), wouldn't a better model for inerrancy be some sort of spectrum? Rather than dwell on whether someone or a church is either totally subscribed to the doctrine of inerrancy or not, have a new model of a spectrum?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:53:55 +0000

Actually I don't think Davis is all that liberal. Either way, I don't mean to say you either believe in inerrancy or you believe exactly what Davis has claimed. I do think Davis provides a fair general representation of most people who claim the Bible is in some way God's word but that it is not inerrant. I suspect you would be somewhere between Davis and myself, hopefully closer to myself Keep in mind, though, that there are many on the other side of Davis who would say the Bible is not at all infallible and its divine inspiration is questionable.
For the record, I've met Davis and found him to be a man who loves Christ deeply and an astute philosopher.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:30:27 +0000

I have enjoyed your writing on this subject but with me you're preaching to the chior. A Christian has put all his eggs in one basket so to speak, that being Jesus. Where do we find out about Jesus and His wonderful offer, in the Bible. Why would you put everything into promises found in a book you really can't trust?
If you believe that God can not lie but question the truth of the Bible the question you are really asking is “Hath God said” and someone else purposefully asked that question in Genesis 3.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:13:53 +0000

It seems that Davis (I'm not familiar with him) tends to be a bit more on the liberal reading of Scripture that what I'm comfortable with. In other words, what is difficult, it seems like what you are saying is that if you do not agree with inerrancy then you are of the same school as Davis.