Why do you believe the Bible to be inerrant?

[mfblume]

...because if I believed God inspired His word to people, then He also took it upon Himself to ensure it remain preserved and intact.

[Dichotomy Girl]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

depending on the definition of Inerrant.

There are at least 5 different views of inerrancy of the scriptures.

Which are?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by mfblume

...because if I believed God inspired His word to people, then He also took it upon Himself to ensure it remain preserved and intact.

And a fine job he did!

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Timmy

And a fine job he did!

He certainly did!

[jediwill83]

I believe the Bible contains the word of God but I do not believe that the whole book is the word of God.I take into account who is speaking...what is being said and who is it being said to.There are too many instances of proof texting...people taking unrelated or loosly related scriptures and preaching or developing a doctrine out of them and thinking that just because it appears between the leather binder that it applies to us....that would be the *who* it was written to.Yes issues with the translation exists too and I know we could go round and round with that.

[n david]

Inerrant and infallible.

[FlamingZword]

Originally Posted by Dichotomy Girl

Which are?

I am not sure I have not read the book.

However my view of the scriptures could be called transcendental inerrancy.

I believe the original writings were correct, however later on as people made copies some mistakes were made, but that does not affect the message of God for the transcendental inerrancy view allows for imperfections in the scriptures but the word of God is able to transcend those errors and come to us and save us, despite those imperfections.

That one scripture speaks of one or two demonic possessed individuals does not make a difference, for it is a minor detail that has nothing to do with the main message in that story.
The inconsistencies in the crucifixion of Jesus are irrelevant details, that do not detract from the main story the Bible is trying to tell us.

The flexibility of the transcendental inerrancy view is that it does not worry about such minor differences, but looks at the major points instead as a framework that holds the Bible together.

I believe the Bible has a self-correcting mechanism that allows it to restore itself to a more or less original form. this mechanism is composed of grammatical and syntax rules.

[FlamingZword]

Originally Posted by n david

Inerrant and infallible.

Yes it is Inerrant and Infallible but those of us who hold the transcendental inerrancy view, do not hold to the doctrine of full inerrancy or full divine preservation.

We believe in a divine preservation of the message of salvation not the precise words, this allow us to ignore any differences in the precise words spoken.

[FlamingZword]

Originally Posted by mfblume

...because if I believed God inspired His word to people, then He also took it upon Himself to ensure it remain preserved and intact.

I agree that God took it upon himself to ensure it remain preserved and intact, but we that hold the transcendental inerrancy view, speak that of the message not of the precise words.
I am quite sure that God foresaw that people would make errors in their copying in the scriptures so he made sure that the main message would come through despites those errors in the texts.

One of the ways he insured his word would be received properly is the rule about 2 or 3 witness for something to be established.

That is why all doctrines need to have at least 2 or 3 clear scriptures before that doctrine can be considered as valid.

[Disciple4life]

Originally Posted by FlamingZword

I agree that God took it upon himself to ensure it remain preserved and intact, but we that hold the transcendental inerrancy view, speak that of the message not of the precise words.
I am quite sure that God foresaw that people would make errors in their copying in the scriptures so he made sure that the main message would come through despites those errors in the texts.

One of the ways he insured his word would be received properly is the rule about 2 or 3 witness for something to be established.

That is why all doctrines need to have at least 2 or 3 clear scriptures before that doctrine can be considered as valid.