The Rationality of Belief in Inerrancy

March 12th, 2006 | 1 min read

So why do conservative Christians believe in inerrancy anyway? JP Moreland, philosopher par excellence, argues for it here.

I think this will clear up some of the issues regarding contemporary fundamentalist Christian's views of inerrancy brought up in Mr. Anderson's response to a comment elsewhere regarding the tenability of fundamentalist belief.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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The Rationality of Belief in Inerrancy

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