Biblical Errancy

Only Biblical literalists falsely claim that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. They do this despite all the evidence that contradicts this claim — evidence that is in the Bible itself.

Moderate Christians accept the reality of inconsistencies. The fascinating part of this phenomenon lies in how the mistakes came to pass.

This is a lecture by Bart Ehrman, biblical historian and author, at Stanford University in 2007.



Individual parts:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

An Honest Search for the Truth

Playlist: A very good analysis of atrocities and inconsistencies in the Bible is here. The series was created by a couple who deconverted from fundamentalist Christianity. Unfortunately, the playlist is not embeddable.