The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error,…

C. S. Lewis
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The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed. The total result is not the Word of God in the sense that every passage in itself, gives impeccable science or history. It carries the Word of God.
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