The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Scripture Inherency

Yes, that is just speculation on your part. However, IF he or anyone else holds that the "message" is inspired but not every "jot and title" is inspired, then they have a serious and insurmountable problem. For words are comprised of a combination of 'jots and tittles' and thus without them, there can be no words, and without words, there is no message. This is similar to those advocating 'Dynamic Equivalency' vs. 'Formal Equivalency', who say it's not the words that are important, but the meaning (message) which is important. But again, how can you have any understanding without the words themselves? Change one letter in one word and the entire meaning could be radically changed and even antithetical to the original.

And once again, repeating myself here from what I've written in response elsewhere in this thread, if there are errors in the Bible, how does one know what is an error and what is true? You either accept the Bible's own testimony concerning itself as being the divinely inspired, infallible and inerrant Word of God, or you reject that claim and thus all you have is a compilation of the musings of various and diverse authors that have no special meaning nor authority.