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| − | ==Question: Is the Bible without error?==
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| − | ===The textual evidence before us makes an inerrant Bible text untenable===
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| − | Some Christians claim the [[Bible_basics |Bible]] texts, at least in their pristine form, were inerrant. Therefore, it is incorrect for Joseph Smith to teach that the Bible contains errors, mistakes, or omissions.
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| − | The textual evidence before us makes an inerrant Bible text untenable. Furthermore, the doctrine of inerrancy is not a Biblical doctrine, and so can only be imposed upon the text from outside, not drawn out of the teachings of the purportedly "inerrant Bible."
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| − | The Latter-day Saint stance of honoring the Bible and seeking to understand it, while appreciating that it is the Word of God only insofar as fallible humans have faithfully transmitted that Word to us, is consistent with both Biblical teaching and the evidence available to us.
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| − | Insisting on Biblical infallibility is a theological and ideological presupposition, not a natural consequence of Bible teachings.
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