Why do many Christians who are not inerrantists frequently quote the Bible?

[Agnostic75]

For purposes of this thread, I am defining inerrancy as "God inspired and preserved the Bible free of errors except for scribal and copyist errors."

 

[Storm]

Gee, maybe because it doesn't have to be inerrant to have value?

 

[Quagmire]

A lot of people in modern society who aren't christian quote the bible all the time, probably without even knowing that that's what they're doing.

Aside from actual passages there are all kinds of English sayings and idioms that originated in the bible:

Escaping by the skin of your teeth (job)

Falling flat on your face (Samuel)

Reading the writing on the wall (Daniel)

Nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes)

The fly in the ointment (???)

Straining the gnat and swallowing the camel (NT)

 

[Kathryn]

There's a lot of good stuff in the Bible. Lots of beautiful phraseology, and beautiful wisdom. Why WOULDN'T we quote from it?

 

[darkendless]

I just quoted the bible 16 times in a 1500 word essay. Its so easy to slam the bible for the sake of arguements for essays

 

[footprints]

For purposes of this thread, I am defining inerrancy as "God inspired and preserved the Bible free of errors except for scribal and copyist errors."

For the same reason many inerrantists (lol), like to quote scientific text. Which is; Faith in the belief, that it is correct and beyond any reasonable argument or debate opposing it. That it fits well in the analogy which is trying to be explained, or, there is enough evidence to suggest it is worth quoting and believing.

 

[LittleNipper]

For purposes of this thread, I am defining inerrancy as "God inspired and preserved the Bible free of errors except for scribal and copyist errors."

God bless us everyone.