> Second, inerrancy does not necessarily imply stricy Biblical literalism.
>Inerrancy is a tricky thing to define exactly yet there are some, such as
>myself, who state that they hold to an inerrant view of Scripture yet reject
>the literal seven day creation story.
I would define inerrancy as a belief that the Bible is truthful. However,
its truth is not always best understood in a literal reading. Truth is
taught in the parables, but not if one reads them literally.
Steve
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Steven S. Clark, Ph.D. Phone: (608) 263-9137
Associate Professor FAX: (608) 263-4226
Dept. of Human Oncology and email: ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu
UW Comprehensive Cancer Ctr
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53792
Although science has nothing to say about a personal Creator, the fact
of the emergence of novelty, and of creativity, can hardly be denied.
-- Karl Popper, "Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind",
_Dialectica_, vol. 32, no. 3-4, 1978, pp. 339-355.
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