(July 20, 2012 at 2:55 am)Tiberius Wrote: What would it show? It would show that the claim made by Christians that "the Bible is true" is wrong. It would show that the Bible is either not the word of God, or the word of a lying or idiotic God. It would show that you cannot just assume the Bible is correct (though to be truthful, you shouldn't assume this about any book). It would demonstrate that "faith" in the Bible and Christianity is misplaced.
What if like me, and very many Christians, you already consider the bible to be potentially erreant? I came to belief through scrutinising it for error. I still look at it critically, as I see the bible encourages us to do. How do you account for the church fathers' labour over what should be included? I mean, how do you square this with such a black and white position? I think your position needs qualifiers, then i might agree with you ;-)
