| What are the arguments for the bible being the inspired word of God? | ‘Plenary verbal inspiration, the view that some Christians take that the bible is God’s inspiration completely and absolutely with the role of human authors being irrelevant. some argue God worked through human writers and their individual personalities so they are more than mere stenographers, scripture is referred to as ‘God breathed’ |
| What are the arguments against the bible being the inspired word of God? | The limitations in terms of science and history brought up by Bultmann show why scripture isn’t innerant and cannot be seen as inspired |
| What did Karl Barth argue against the bible being the inspired word of God? | Karl Barth believed Jesus was the inspired word of God rather than the bible, the bible is a testimony to Jesus that can become God’s work when read with a humble heart but is not Gods word automatically |
| What did Schleirmacher argue against the bible being the inspired word of God? | Schleiermacher viewed the bible as written by inspired writers but not itself to be inspired. |
| What are the arguments for whether the biblical canonical order is inspired? | Order doesn’t have to reflect importance as any teacher God has a plan for his people which included learning some things before others, this is shown with the ‘canon within the canon’ in the Hebrew bible |
| What are the arguments against whether the biblical canonical order is inspired? | If God has put an order it could be viewed that some books are more important/inspired than others, which means one should prioritise these books over others, catholic and Protestants have different books and there are different orders between the Jewish and Christian bibles |
| what are example of the times God spoke directly in the bible? | There are many times God speaks directly such as Moses and the burning bush, and through the words of Jesus, |
