Christians: Can you see why atheists don't buy this stuff?

[vulcanlogician]

I do believe in Biblical inerrancy, however; I am not without error.   Which is where I think that some go wrong. Your video makes me think of the quote from Augustine that “you should never judge a philosophy by it’s abuse”. As well as the academic principle of charity. That is that you should contend with the best possible version of an argument, and not judge an idea by some crazy or extreme adherent.

Yeah, the girl in the video was atypical to be sure. I didn't mean to imply that she epitomizes Christians. Rather, my point was that quite a few Christians I've met in RL have had her level knowledge concerning authorship of the Bible. Hence my use of the word "malinformed." 

Obviously, Christianity (as a personal moral commitment/religious practice) ought not be "judged by its abuse," but at the same time, Christianity is more than that. It is also a cultural phenomenon.

It is this cultural phenomenon called Christianity with which I take issue. And part of this phenomenon is a huge slice of the population being spoon-fed a doctrine... a doctrine which they are encouraged to accept without critical examination. If some girl thinks God wrote the Bible, the people in her church are like "Good. That just lends the Bible more credibility. No need to set her straight." Those people are ultimately responsible for any embarrassment the girl faced on her YouTube channel. And they are also partly responsible if someone whom they misinform becomes disillusioned with Christianity upon discovering the Bible's true authorship (although facts most likely play a part there too  ). Lies are lies, and they work the same way with Christians as they do atheists: short term they help you convince someone of your position; long term they come back and bite you in the ass.