Hi Steve,

I think you are making this WAY too complicated, but if you think item A is where we start to diverge in our views, then that is where we'll start.

Item A says "The original words were "God-breathed" and inerrant". Let's break item A down even further, and see where/if disagreement over A actually exists. By "original words", I simply refer to the words of what we today call the Bible, as they were first written. I.e. the words Luke himself wrote (regardless of when or what language he wrote them in) that would eventually be called "The Gospel According to St. Luke", the words Hosea himself wrote (regardless of when or what language he wrote them in) that would eventually be called "The Book of Hosea" in Christian and Jewish scripture, etc. By "God-breathed", i borrow the term from the common definition of "theopneustos", the Greek word in 2 Tim 3:16. By "inerrant", I mean free from error. So do you disagree with "The original words were "God-breathed" and inerrant"? If so, what exactly? If not, progress down the list until the next disagreement and clearly explain where the disagreement lies.

The answers will be straightly given, with full understanding, only if we can progress through the list to see where we diverge. Jumping ahead, without going through the path of reasoning for my answers, will be no more fruitful than the last many months you and I have discussed such things elsewhere.

True, but is our individual discernment authoritative? No, it is not. That is why two KJV-only supporters, each claiming spiritual discernment and Biblical backing, will disagree on something as central as Trinitarianism.

God bless,
Brian