[CynicalBear]

>>So tell me why I should accept, say, James as ‘inspired’, when you don’t accept Maccabees.<<

You can take whatever it is you want. I don’t tell you what you can and can’t accept. If it disagrees with the 66 books I accept I won’t.

[BenKenobi]

“You can take whatever it is you want. I don’t tell you what you can and can’t accept. If it disagrees with the 66 books I accept I won’t.”

So then you really aren’t arguing that the books are inspired. You are arguing that people should accept the books that the want to accept.

This doesn’t sound like a very strong defense of scripture...