Axis Mundi You're going to. As always want to welcome folks to It's in the Code, a series that is part of the

podcast Straightwide American Jesus. I am your host. My name is Dan Miller,

a professor of religion and social thought at Landmark College. And as always

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I'm going to dive right in here.

We are continuing on with this kind of look we've been taking at what a certain kind of

Christian community means when they say that they are biblical,

when they affirm biblical authority and so forth.

And this has brought us into a discussion of the doctrine of what's called inerrancy, right?

The view that the Bible is without error in all areas.

The Bible is absolutely authoritative and is without error.

And we've taken a look at this for a while now,

started with some episodes looking at the many problems

of this conception of the Bible

and how it's just an incoherent doctrine.

And we've been turning to look at how the doctrine is actually it's just an incoherent doctrine.

And we've been turning to look at how the doctrine is actually

used within high control religious contexts.

Despite the fact that it can't stand up under scrutiny

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