There are 66 books in the Bible that have never been proven wrong… use scripture to interpret scripture…
Did you do a lot of work with manuscripts in archives, learn the original languages/culture/word use, derive the correct translation and meaning to a) arrive at what is accurately termed scripture and b) be able to say they have never been proven wrong.?
Perhaps you did do all this, probably not? It seems to me I must have misunderstood you to say that this is your responsibility and the responsibility of each and every Christian to do the same work for themselves.
Is this correct about your views? Or do you rely upon others' expertise in one or more of the areas above and not do all of the work yourself?
You wouldn’t believe the books, lexicons, and Greek/Hebrew side by sides I have accumulated over the years. Now with the internet it has become much, much easier to cross reference. You might say that not all have the time but I would simply say that it’s our eternal future at stake and this life is but a blink of an eye if that. My parents both passed on in the last year and they took nothing with them but their faith.
>>It seems to me I must have misunderstood you to say that this is your responsibility and the responsibility of each and every Christian to do the same work for themselves.<<
Would you put your eternal future into the hands of some other human? I would not. Yes it’s each individual’s responsibility to learn and come to their own belief and faith.
>>Is this correct about your views? Or do you rely upon others' expertise in one or more of the areas above and not do all of the work yourself?<<
Of course I use the expertise of language scholars etc. but I can guarantee that I will “search the scriptures daily” to see if what they say fits.