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#0149 Is Your Bible Full Of Errors? Does It Matter? – Further. Every. Day.

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Is the Bible Inerrant What About Bible Translations Introduction Is the Word of God Inerrant What exactly is the Word of God Is it the Bible that you hold in your hands at Church What if someone spills coffee on it is the Word of God lost What if it s mishprinted Have you ever heard of the Evil King James Bible Let s talk about that as we watch our culture stray further every day The Problem Many Theologians have ceded or even gleefully proclaimed the notion that the Bible is ldquo not infallible inerrant rdquo and is capable of harboring errors in its depiction of God s Word From Wikipedia There are 3 types of inerrancy or infallibility Some theologians speak of the infallibility of the Bible This can be understood in one of three ways Some authors use inerrancy and infallibility interchangeably For others inerrancy refers to complete inerrancy and infallibility to the more limited view that the Bible is without error in conveying God s self-revelation to humanity 3 12 On this understanding infallibility claims less than inerrancy Citing dictionary definitions Frame 2002 claims infallibility is a stronger term than inerrant Inerrant means there are no errors infallible means there can be no errors 13 Yet he acknowledges that modern theologians insist on redefining that word also so that it actually says less than inerrancy Harold Lindsell states The very nature of inspiration renders the Bible infallible which means that it cannot deceive us It is inerrant in that it is not false mistaken or defective 14 https en wikipedia org wiki Biblical inerrancy Here in an edition of Life and Letters we see a representative argument from the liberal scholar ldquo The doctrine of inerrancy is more post-biblical even modern And it has been particularly influential among U S evangelicals who often appeal to the doctrine of inerrancy in arguments against gender equality social justice critical race theory and other causes thought to violate the God s infallible word The doctrine of inerrancy took shape during the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States A statement crafted in 1978 by hundreds of evangelical leaders remains its fullest articulation Known as the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy the statement was a response to emerging ldquo liberal rdquo or nonliteral interpretations of the Bible According to the statement the Bible speaks with ldquo infallible divine authority in all matters upon which it touches rdquo rdquo https lifeandletters la utexas edu 2021 07 what-is-biblical-inerrancy-a-new-testament-scholar-explains https defendinginerrancy com chicago-statements Theology If God s word contains errors what does this say about God Philosophy If God is incapable of keeping errors out of His Bible then what does this mean for morality eternity and salvation Culture What Cultural allowances should be made if God s Word is inerrant What happens if you may pick and choose as you please Politics Why have nations continuously attempted to rewrite God s Word What does this allow the government to accomplish Economics What economic incentives are there for scholars to make their living upon ldquo debunking rdquo the Bible The Story So when DID the Inerrancy issue become a topic of debate Well the issue became a heavy point of contention in the 1800s you know when the Counter-Reformation and the Humanist Enlightenment movements were in full force An article at conversation jeeringly puts it this way Roots of Fundamentalism ldquo Christian fundamentalism has roots in the 19th century when Protestants were confronted by two challenges to traditional understandings of the Bible Throughout the century scholars increasingly evaluated the Bible as a historical text In the process they raised questions about its divine origins given its seeming inconsistencies and errors In addition Charles Darwin s 1859 book ldquo On the Origin of Species rdquo ndash which laid out the theory of evolution by natural selection ndash raised profound questions about the Genesis account of creation Many American Protestants easily squared their Christian faith with these ideas Others were horrified Conservative theologians responded by developing the doctrine of biblical inerrancy Inerrancy asserts that the Bible is errorless and factually accurate in everything it says ndash including about science This doctrine became the theological touchstone of fundamentalism Alongside inerrancy emerged a system of ideas called apocalyptic or ldquo dispensational premillennialism rdquo Adherents of these ideas hold that reading the Bible literally ndash particularly the Book of Revelation ndash reveals that history will end soon with a ghastly apocalypse All those who are not true Christians will be slaughtered In the wake of this violence Christ will establish God s millennial kingdom on Earth rdquo https theconversation com fundamentalism-turns-100-a-landmark-for-the-christian-right-123651 Theology What does the Bible say about the philosophies of man and diverse doctrines Philosophy If the purpose and intent of a movement is not honestly seeking the good of an institution such as the Church what challenges befall the Church if she accepts the precepts of such antagonists uncritically Culture Now that we abolished the inerrancy of God What did Nietzsche s Dead God provide in the Culture What are the results Politics After God was dead in the 19th Century what did man do in the 20th Century across Europe through Asia Economics What does the Chinese Communist Party do with the Bible today What is the purpose of this Final Thoughts One more thing Favorite book of the Bible Click here to visit this podcast episode