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Originally Posted by Textcritic

And this is where the hyper-rationalists who invented the doctrine of biblical inerrency went totally awry. They were well intentioned, yes, in as much as they sought to reform the Christian faith, and to return it to a more intimate, relational religious experience with God. They had been jaded by centuries of heirarchical chruch corruption, which (perhaps rightly) caused them to be highly suspiscious of Church "tradition" and leadership as canons of the faith. In their estimation, the only reliable source of truth had to be Scripture, and for Scripture to conform to this impossibly high ideal of infallibility, it was determined that it must be impervious to challenges of science and history. Lost on this generation was the power of religious myth and metaphor, and they tragically have passed down to their benefactors an inept type of faith, which is no faith at all. Christians of the conservative evangelical tradition are encouraged to pursue "reason" and "evidence" in the place of faith. In doing so, most are either willfully ignorant of scientific and historical facts, or they are theologically bankrupted by the truth.

Wow. Dude, what church do you go to?