{"id":36311,"date":"2014-08-17T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36311"},"modified":"2014-08-03T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T20:15:19","slug":"the-post-is-perfectly-inerrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-post-is-perfectly-inerrant\/","title":{"rendered":"The post is perfectly inerrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Bible college and seminary, I always found it strange that one of the primary reasons given for divine inspiration and the inerrancy of Scripture was &#8220;because the Bible says so.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I always thought&#8230;. &#8220;Really? We know the Bible is divinely inspired because the Bible says so? We know it is inerrant because it claims to be?&#8221; This is not a compelling argument&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230; I am obviously not the only one who has noticed this. Here is a little image I found online last week which pokes fun a the same idea:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible_is_a_claim_not_a_proff-570x422.png\" alt=\"the Bible is not proof\" width=\"570\" height=\"422\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible_is_a_claim_not_a_proff-570x422.png 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible_is_a_claim_not_a_proff-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible_is_a_claim_not_a_proff-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible_is_a_claim_not_a_proff.png 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whether you believe in inerrancy or not, invite others to react to this image by sharing it using the buttons below&#8230; Thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bible college and seminary, I always found it strange that one of the primary reasons given for divine inspiration and the inerrancy of Scripture was &#8220;because the Bible says so.&#8221;  I always thought&#8230;. &#8220;Really? We know the Bible is divinely inspired because the Bible says so? We know it is inerrant because it claims to be?&#8221; This is not a compelling 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