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\"Inerrancy<\/p>\n

Inerrancy is about the desire to have one\u2019s own views regarded as inerrant. The inerrancy of the Bible is just a means to getting there. And the failure to humbly recognize one\u2019s own human proneness to err, which is exposed at the heart of \u201cbiblical inerrancy,\u201d shows that this doctrine is not merely wrong, but a direct frontal assault on the Bible\u2019s teachings about God, humans, and the difference between the two.<\/p>\n

(This is yet another instance of a thought I shared on Facebook as a summary of a post, becoming a post in its own right).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inerrancy is about the desire to have one\u2019s own views regarded as inerrant. The inerrancy of the Bible is just a means to getting there. And the failure to humbly recognize one\u2019s own human proneness to err, which is exposed at the heart of \u201cbiblical inerrancy,\u201d shows that this doctrine is not merely wrong, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":32087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,43],"tags":[903,1140,5154,5162],"class_list":["post-32040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-inerrancy","tag-authority","tag-bible","tag-inerrancy","tag-infallibility"],"yoast_head":"\nBiblical Inerrancy is an Attack on the Bible<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Inerrancy is about the desire to have one's own views regarded as inerrant. 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