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Scotteriology<\/a> seems to be the latest to join the diablogue about inerrancy and the Bible that has intersected with, branched out from and returned to this blog over the past couple of weeks. The post<\/a> there uses analogies from The Matrix<\/em>, which makes it all the more relevant and appropriate as a reflection on what\u2019s been going on here.<\/em><\/div>\n

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On a related note, On Journeying With Those In Exile <\/em>has a post<\/a> advocating the abandonment of the terminology of \u201chigh\u201d and \u201clow\u201d views of Scripture.<\/div>\n

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