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Sam Shamoun opens up about how how christians should deal with debating people who bring up bible errors and contradictions in the manuscripts today and how his view of biblical inerrancy shifted after leaving Protestantism behind, pointing to the prologue of Sirach as the turning point where the translator himself admits he may have rendered some Hebrew phrases imperfectly into Greek, a book Sam once used against Catholic canonicity but now sees as reshaping his entire understanding of inspiration. He argues that instead of imposing a modern 20th or 21st century standard of what an error-free book should look like, believers need to let scripture itself define what inspiration means, allowing for imperfections in translation and human authorship while still trusting the text as God's inspired word. Sam plays a clip from scholar Dan McClellan stating plainly that claiming the Bible has zero contradictions isn't a serious position, and Sam actually agrees with the core point, explaining that many apparent discrepancies can be harmonized but that harmonization is never the same as an inspired resolution straight from God, since no modern apologist has prophetic authority to declare their explanation the definitive one. He closes by urging Christians not to waste time fighting unwinnable battles over strict inerrancy with hostile critics, and instead approach scripture from a position of faith rooted in the historical resurrection of Christ, which gives believers reason to trust the Bible even where full harmonization isn't possible. Timestamps📌 0:00 Why Sam says not to waste time defending strict inerrancy 1:18 Book of Sirach changed his view of inspiration 7:15 Dan McClellan's clip on biblical contradictions 10:53 The difference between harmonization and inspired resolution Like 👍 Share to Other Christian Brother & Sisters ❤️ ✅Subscribe Subscribe to ​⁠​⁠Shamounian Sam Shamouns Articles to Help with Christian / Islam objections https://answeringislam.blog/690ca956ea00a60f4925c2c7-2/ https://answering-islam.org Support the Channel by helping put out videos more consistently and with more topics for all christians ❤️🙏 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uIGfgTH4x4360B0RDl4hg/join Tiktok where i repost other clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@islam_to_jesuschrist?_t=ZP-8zjalwdkjnC&_r=1 Tiktok BackUp: https://www.tiktok.com/@islam_to_jesuschrist2?_r=1&_t=ZP-97GQXc80oow Instagram where i also post clips: https://www.instagram.com/shamounianexplains?igsh=enJ4YTB5ejVuc3B5&utm_source=qr #samshamoun #bible #christian