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John,

1) Probably the answer you don't want to hear... but the Spirit testifies of the divine inspiration of the Bible and thus it is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice, it being infallible and inerrant since it is the very word of God written. I'll let you draw the inescapable conclusion.

2) How can one believe in the virgin birth, the resurrection of the dead, etc., and not antecedently hold that the Bible is divinely inspired, inerrant and infallble since those doctrines are found in the Bible?

We are living in dark times where there are myriad false conversions that sprout up from myriad false gospels and the result is a 'supermarket' type of Christianity where the individual gets to pick and choose what they want to believe according to their personal preferences.

Jeremiah 6:16-21 (ASV) "Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein]. And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken. Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it. To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me. Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish."

John 8:43 (ASV) "Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word."

There are several excellent articles on The Highway that address the subjects of inspiration, infallibility and inerrancy. Use the "Search" feature on the main page to find them. One that comes to mind which I have always deemed worthy of note is G.H. Hospers', The Doctrine of Inspiration.