You raised some good questions. I have a lot I could say here, but will try and be brief.
I do not believe that the Holy Spirit causes a miracle by which we are no longer human and subject to error. Obviously, I do not believe the biblical writers were inerrant. In fact, I idol out the Bible, making the Bible perhaps even bigger than God. I don't believe there are any rivals to God, and so I am not about to attribute inerrancy to a mere book, as that would make it equal to God, who alone is all-knowing.
Try to explain How ancient men (who you suppose wrote Genesis) knew:
That we live in a multiverse composed of at least 3 Heavens? Gen 1:8 Gen 2:4
That the beginning of our Heaven/Universe was on the 3rd Day. Gen 2:4
That the first Stars did NOT light up until the 4th Day. Gen 1:16
***The passages you cite above do not necessarily claim that the Bible is inerrant. Certainly one can claim that certain teachings we should take seriously, yet honor the fact they may contain errors.
I disagree since I believe God brought His Holy Word down through the ages and that it teaches us everything Truthfully in accord with every discovery of mankind. My God is an Awesome God. His name is Jesus.
***Claims the Bible makes about "scripture" are vague, simply because there is no specification is to what is scripture and what not. Nothing like the canon, our Bible came along until much, much later. Choosing what books are to be canon often involved highly arbitrary decisions on the part of the church fathers. That's why we have two Bibles, Protestant and Catholic, or Septuagint and Hebrew. Is the apocraphy canon or not? Greek speaking Jews, yes. Catholic church, yes. Protestantism, initially yes then no, all heretical. Do James and Ester belong in the Bible? Luther said that Ester should be thrown in the Danube, and that James was a "straw epistle", which, in his translation of the Bible, he relegated to a section separate from the rest.
God did this as part of His perfect plan to fill Heaven only with those who believe in Him by FAITH since there are so many religious views, NO one could believe all of them. In these last days, because knowledge has increased, God's secrets are currently being discovered by Science. Here's a really good one: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...s-could-be-first-glimpse-of-another-universe/
***I consider much of the OT a false revelation or account of what not to believe. A question, for example, was asked in this forum why the OT permits slavery. My answer is that the OT was composed by writers in a semi-literate basically barbarian society. At the top, was a warrior god, YHWH, who was the fascist of all fascists, given to cruel, sadistic punishments. Now, I believe God is a God of love. Hence, I do not consider these OT accounts valid at all. Incidentally, my position here represents the early Christian gnostic movement, which the church violently put down.
Hope this answers your questions.
It does since YHWH is the name of the ONLY God ever formed or that ever will be formed. It's the name of the ONLY Saviour of the World. His name is Jesus, no matter how many names you call Him. How long have been so anti Christ?
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