Is Inerrancy Really that Miraculous?<\/h2>\nPastors and scholars like to say that the inerrancy of\u00a0Scripture\u00a0is a divine miracle. We are told that it is a divine\u00a0miracle\u00a0for so many authors from so many backgrounds to write about so many topics and do so without contradiction or error. But is this really a miracle?<\/p>\n
To use my illustration from yesterday, if you drove by a parking lot full of blue cars, you would not assume that this was the result of a divine miracle. Instead, you would assume that somebody gathered these blue cars there for a particular reason, and kept out cars of any other color.<\/p>\n
A similar thing happened with the New Testament. If the early church leaders only allowed in books which did not contain any contradictions or errors with the rest of Scripture, or among the new books themselves, that is not much of a miracle; it is simply wise selection.<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
In the end, while I understand the motivation and the need for the decision to select which books to include in the New Testament, and to be honest, I think I actually agree with the decisions they made, and believe that to some degree, God guided their choices, the whole process really seems to raise questions about the doctrine of the Inerrancy of\u00a0Scripture.<\/p>\n
What do you think? Do you have a way which the books of the New Testament could be chosen, but which deals with the issues I have raised above so that we can maintain the traditional doctrine of inerrancy?<\/p>\n
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