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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: About Literalism: in what sense is God the author of Scripture?
Message-ID: <533@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 14:17:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  3 14:17:06 1985
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References: <183@gymble.UUCP>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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In article <183@gymble.UUCP> bennet@gymble.UUCP (Tom Bennet) writes:
>
>Given some reasonable definition of "error-free," one that only requires a
>document to say correctly the things it intends to say, to the precision
>which it intends to say them ("I live about a half mile from school" is not
>inconsistent with "I live 2587 feet from school"), and allows that non-literal
>language can be interpreted non-literally, I think it is possible
>to have a document which is error-free.
>
>If we then also accept that God can and does act through history, then it 
>seems a simple matter to form a theory of inerrancy that would permit God
>to communicate to us by such a document produced in the manner described
>above.
>
	I think I can live with this definition of "inerrency",
since it allows the Bible writers freedom in areas not "intended"
in by them. Thus a reader need not slavishly accept the exact wording
on peripheral matters.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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