How accurate is the Bible?

XPres said:

I've thought more about this since starting this thread and think I've come to somewhat of a conclusion. The way I see it, the Bible is inerrant in that it is the word of God documented through human authors. But this does not necessarily mean that God meant every word to be interpreted in the literal sense. Since nobody can fully understand God or His actions, it would have been pointless for Him to try to describe everything in literal detail; not only would this be impossible, no one would be able to wrap their heads around it even if it was. So He instead revealed His word in a way that people could easily understand. For example, since no one can fully comprehend the creation of the universe--which most likely took billions of years--God presented those years as seven days and simplified His explanation of how He went around creating the world. It would be like explaining to child how an engine works. Are you gonna use exact numbers, like compression ratios, degrees of timing, etc.? Of course not. You'd make it much more simple, accessible, and easy to understand. Now imagine that you're God and you want to explain something as infinitely complex as the entire universe...chances are you'll do something similar. That's what I believe God was probably doing in Genesis and throughout the Bible.

Does anyone have an opinion on my position? Once again, I'm open to everyone's interpretation and my views are far from unchangeable.

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