Arggh. Posted inadvertently.
No that is not wrong. That is how I see myself in things. Interested, but the authorship is interesting, not important.
Well, not to stir the pot again or anything, but since all "our" Bibles say that Peter was the writer of both epistles under his name, for example, and that the epistle itself attests to being written by Peter (II Peter 1:1) and that some important doctrine is included in it such as the Day of the Lord (II Peter 3:11-18), the surety of prophecy of Scripture (II Pet. 1:12-21) and the warnings about false teachers and their destruction (II Pet. 2), then who are we (you) to cause doubt as to its truthful author? If others can cause us to question who wrote it and why there needed to be collusion to make it appear to be by the Apostle, then they can certainly cause confusion as to whether or not the words contained in that book or the others, for that matter, are indeed inspired and/or to be received as the commands from God.
Mark, you have in the past said you accepted the veracity of Scripture, so I wonder what the motive is when it is called into doubt with these kinds of questions concerning authorship? There are many worthy scholars who do NOT doubt that Peter indeed wrote both letters and there is ample proof that he most certainly did INCLUDING early church fathers who accepted them as well. Please then explain why there is a need to cause doubt in others about the truth of Scripture especially the reliability of the named authors.