I say, then, with strong conviction, that I do not believe the Bible
to be the word of God; that I do not believe it to be inspired of God;
that I do not believe it to contain any divine revelation of God to
man. Why?

Let us consider the claim that the Bible is the word of God. Let us,
first of all, consider it from the common-sense point of view, as
ordinary men of the world, trying to get at the truth and the reason
of a thing.

What would one naturally expect in a revelation by God to man?

1. We should expect God to reveal truths of which mankind were ignorant.

2. We should expect God to make no errors of fact in His revelation.

3. We should expect God to make His revelation so clear and so definite
that it could be neither misunderstood nor misrepresented.

4. We should expect God to ensure that His revelation should reach _all_
men; and should reach all men directly and quickly.

5. We should expect God's revelation of the relations existing between
Himself and man to be true.

6. We should expect the ethical code in God's revelation to be complete,
and final, and perfect. The divine ethics should at least be above
human criticism and beyond human amendment.

To what extent does the Bible revelation fulfil the above natural