Inspired is one thing; dictated or spoken to directly is another. Otherwise we wouldn't need the names of human authors! The insistence that God "wrote" the Bible simply doesn't reflect the reality that the books are credited not to God but to humans!
We name books after the real author, not according to some typist or secretary! Who names a book after the typist, or an official memo after the secretary who took the dictation? But that's exactly whom the Bible credits—typists and secretaries! Their names appear as the authors of each book! The whole notion is ridiculous! If God is the presumed author of the Bible then credit it "according to God!" Who cares who penned it for him?!?
The names of the human authors are useful because at the beginning THEY alone were chosen and given authority to spread the word of God. They were not given the authority to make up their own stuff:
Otherwise, it would not be Christianity, it would be something else. Only God has the authority to say what the faith is and He chose some at the beginning to transmit it.
The insistence that God "wrote" the Bible simply doesn't reflect the reality that the books are credited not to God but to humans!
Well, I and other Bible believing Protestants sure credit God for the books of the Bible. :) We say they are a gift from Him to us His children.