Why the Bible is true

[Doubting Thomas]

This is the thing that I can't wrap my head around. First, it's nowhere near 99.6 percent accurate.

Well you can't claim that Revelation is accurate, because it's supposed to be a revelation of things to come, things that haven't happened yet. How can you say a prophecy is true if it's not supposed to come true yet? I guess it's that old "it's true because it's in the bible" claim.

Second, how can believers live their lives knowing that there just might be some in accuracies or inconsistencies? As you say, shouldn't the Bible be 100 percent perfect coming from an all-knowing, all-powerful god who presumably could have made sure that it passed through the centuries untouched?

I think that's why so many of them are so damn desperate to cling to biblical inerrancy. They claim that the bible was written by God, so if one part is wrong, then that claim is busted. I think it's quite fun to watch Christians jump through incredible mental hoops to explain how there are no factual errors, inconsistencies, or false prophecy in the bible.