You might be using terms indiscriminately. Reading the Bible isn't inspiration. You might find it "somewhat inspiring" (like any well-written or well-directed movie) but it's not inspiration in the theological sense.
Actually I have defended my position across almost 500 posts by showing it superior logically, exegetically, contextually, and so on.
Here's some Scripture not yet mentioned. Here's what Paul
actually says about the written Word - the same written Word that the Sola Scriptura party elevates above the divine Word:
"For when we were in the realm of the flesh,
the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death....Sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,
produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9Once I was alive apart from the law; but
when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life
actually brought death. 11For sin, seizing the opportunity
afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good" (Rom 7)
And again:
"God has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit;
for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Now if the
ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory..." (2Cor 3).
The divine Word (the Holy Spirit) brings Life. The written Word frequently brings DEATH - the written Word does have some benefits but if the divine Presence is insufficiently strong in us to shield us from its potentially deathly side-effects, we're in trouble. I'm sorry if you don't like what Paul said.
