Those are not the words of an "Infidel." They are the words of the
late Dean Farrar.

To quote again from Dr. Gladden:

Evidently neither the theory of verbal inspiration, nor the
theory of plenary inspiration, can be made to fit the facts
which a careful study of the writings themselves brings before
us. _These writings are not inspired in the sense which we
have commonly given to that word._ The verbal theory of
inspiration was only tenable while they were supposed to be
the work of a single author. _To such a composite literature
no such theory will apply._

The Bible is not inspired. The fact is that _no_ "sacred" book is
inspired. _All_ "sacred" books are the work of human minds. All
ideas of God are human ideas. All religions are made by man.

When the old-fashioned Christian said the Bible was an inspired
book, he meant that God put the words and the facts directly into
the mind of the prophet. That meant that God told Moses about
the creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Ark, and
the Ten Commandments.

Many modern Christians, amongst whom I place the Rev. Ambrose Pope,
of Bakewell, believe that God gave Moses (and all the other prophets)
a special genius and a special desire to convey religious information
to other men.