The odd thing to me is that American Protestants -- whom I have no ill will toward and cherish as friends and fellow Christians -- seem unable to intellectually elucidate the basis for or to qualify their claims of Biblical inerrancy but are quick to instead take shots at Catholics who point out its problems. Yet Biblical inerrancy is such a relatively recent innovation in Christian thinking that it seems to merit a thoughtful evaluation by its advocates before they furiously and blindly take up cudgels in its defense.
“...seem unable to intellectually elucidate the basis for or to qualify their claims of Biblical inerrancy but are quick to instead take shots at Catholics who point out its problems.”
You miss my point. Protestants and Catholics each have an ultimate authority. Yours is a church composed of error prone people. Mine is a manuscript vetted over the centuries.
I don’t know why you are hung up on Bible inerrancy. I like the King James, and there are certainly mistakes in it. The apostles used the Septuagint and scholars today say it is a sloppy translation.
Jesus established his messiahship based on the Old Testament scriptures. The apostles all based their teachings on the Old Testament in their composition of the New.
Act. 17:11 - The Bereans searched the scripture daily to to check up and see if what Paul said was true. They weren’t checking up on Bible inerrancy. So, since they were praised for doing that, then that is a model for us.