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Article: Is the Bible true?(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- October 11, 1995
- Author:
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WHENEVER THERE'S a really intense fight among American Protestants, sooner or later it seems to turn into an argument over the truth of scripture. At one extreme, some dismiss any appeal to the Bible out of hand and consider "authority" a dirty word. Others confidently assert that only their literalistic interpretations really count as believing the Bible to be true. Many of us find ourselves wandering around confused in the middle, wanting to believe in the Bible, not thinking of ourselves as biblical literalists, but unsure how to characterize our position. Indeed, much of the notorious malaise of mainstream Protestantism derives from a perception that, to the question, ...
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