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I don't understand your reply.

In post 178 (a response to post 135), you posted that it was a possibility that God inspired Moses to write Genesis (BTW, we know that all Scripture is inspired...not just that it is a possibility)...But that you didn't know how inspiration ocurred (visions, whispers?).

My post of II Peter 1:20-21 was to show that, via Scripture, we do know how:

"...men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

I am not sure what your post was about or how it related to the topic of the mechanics of inspiration.

Yes, I believe that Genesis was inspired.

My post of II Peter 1:20-21 was to show that, via Scripture, we do know how:

"...men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

"carried along by the Holy Spirit" Is the Holy Spirit giving them a vision, whispering in their ear, speaking to them in a dream?
Yes, it is inspired, but do we know what it is to be carried along by the Holy Spirit in the teachings of the Bible. I'm inspired by God's Spirit at times. For me, it's a feeling of conviction. I don't know that it was the same in writing the Bible. I believe there are many ways the Spirit can carry us along.

The same about how God spoke creation into existence. Certainly he did! What does that look like. When he spoke it, did it appear just as it is now? Did dust whirl around like a tornado and form a man. Genesis says that life sprung forth from the earth? Did it pop out of the ground. Yes God spoke it. He commanded it! But that does not tell us about the manner in which he commanded it to form.