Comparing The Bible's Authority And Inerrancy
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Course and Section Number: Theo 201
Many people have frequently questioned the Bible’s authority and inerrancy, just like the jogger in the scenario. Authority, inspiration, and inerrancy are going to be individually analyzed and used to express why The Bible should not be questioned. When stating that The Bible has authority one is saying that The Bible has power (Elwell, 153). The Bible gains its authority from its own claims, which clearly states that God is the ultimate authority and that The Bible is His written word. The Bible gains power because it is God’s written word, without God The Bible no longer holds any power. God did not physically write The Bible, so how can we know that The Bible truly …show more content…
The first argument is the Biblical Argument, which consists of what Scripture says about how it is inerrant (Elwell, 157). For example, 2 Timothy 3:16 promises that The Bible is error free. The reason this argument is rejected is because The Bible does not state that all Scripture is inerrant (Elwell, 159). The second argument is the Historical Argument, which states that The Bible is believed to be inerrant because that is what the church has believed throughout history (Elwell, 158). The reason this argument is rejected is because that Church believed fully in The Bibles authority but did not believe it to be completely inerrant (Elwell, 158-159). The third argument is the Epistemological argument, which states that epistemologies that do not need such high certifications for inerrancy believe that if The Bible is not inerrant then some of the claims could possibly be false but that does not mean the entire Bible is false (Elwell, 158). The problem with this argument is there is some inaccuracy then the entire Bible is called into question; there isn’t any way to determine what is true and what is false (Elwell, 158). The last argument for inerrancy is the Slippery Slope Argument, which says, that if people give up on inerrancy then it will call them to question other Christian doctrines (Elwell, 158). The problem with this argument is over-belief, just because The Bible may contain one error does not mean that every
Course and Section Number: Theo 201
Many people have frequently questioned the Bible’s authority and inerrancy, just like the jogger in the scenario. Authority, inspiration, and inerrancy are going to be individually analyzed and used to express why The Bible should not be questioned. When stating that The Bible has authority one is saying that The Bible has power (Elwell, 153). The Bible gains its authority from its own claims, which clearly states that God is the ultimate authority and that The Bible is His written word. The Bible gains power because it is God’s written word, without God The Bible no longer holds any power. God did not physically write The Bible, so how can we know that The Bible truly …show more content…
The first argument is the Biblical Argument, which consists of what Scripture says about how it is inerrant (Elwell, 157). For example, 2 Timothy 3:16 promises that The Bible is error free. The reason this argument is rejected is because The Bible does not state that all Scripture is inerrant (Elwell, 159). The second argument is the Historical Argument, which states that The Bible is believed to be inerrant because that is what the church has believed throughout history (Elwell, 158). The reason this argument is rejected is because that Church believed fully in The Bibles authority but did not believe it to be completely inerrant (Elwell, 158-159). The third argument is the Epistemological argument, which states that epistemologies that do not need such high certifications for inerrancy believe that if The Bible is not inerrant then some of the claims could possibly be false but that does not mean the entire Bible is false (Elwell, 158). The problem with this argument is there is some inaccuracy then the entire Bible is called into question; there isn’t any way to determine what is true and what is false (Elwell, 158). The last argument for inerrancy is the Slippery Slope Argument, which says, that if people give up on inerrancy then it will call them to question other Christian doctrines (Elwell, 158). The problem with this argument is over-belief, just because The Bible may contain one error does not mean that every