Finally, the fundamentalists’ approach to Scripture arises out of law. After all, the definition of truth is a law. The logic of no errors and no falsehoods is the logic of law. The division of truth into two types is a fundamental tenet—that is, a law. Moreover, the acceptance of the canon of Scripture is a law. Now, to be sure, most laypeople in such churches, when they recite the mantra, “The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it,” are not thinking about the prior authorization of Scripture.
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