Bible claims inspiration

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 References 6 Related claims 7 Acknowledgments

Claim

The Bible is special because it is inspired; its writers claim of divine inspiration.

Source

• Anon., The Bible - God's Word or Man's?, Watchtower Society.

Responses

1. This is irrelevant to the theory of evolution. There is no conflict between the Bible and the theory of evolution. Millions of Christians are quite able to believe both in an divinely inspired Bible and the theory of evolution.
2. A claim of divine inspiration does not mean that there is, in fact, any true divine inspiration. Unless they have evidence to support this claim, there are no grounds for a rational person to accept it.
3. Schizophrenic men on street corners claim to hear the voice of God. Do we respect their words more because of this?
4. How do you know that The Origin of the Species was not of divine inspiration, also?
5. The poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was inspired to write his poem "Kubla Khan," yet, this does not mean that he was accurate about his description of Shangdu ("Xanadu" in the poem).
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Appeal to Authority (writers are authoritative)
• Circular Reasoning (writers are authoritative because they're inspired, and writers are inspired because they wrote the word of God)
• Red Herring (whether or not the Bible was divinely inspired has nothing to do with the theory of evolution)
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References

1. Vecsey, Christopher, 1991. Imagine Ourselves Richly, HarperCollins, San Francisco.

Related claims

• The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it
• The Bible is inerrant
• The Bible is literal
• Prophecies prove the accuracy of the Bible
• The Bible must be accurate because archaeology supports it
• Bible's accuracy on other scientific points shows overall accuracy
• Bible is unique in other ways
• Bible is harmonious throughout

Acknowledgments