Some people believe that God is incapable of error; the Bible says it is the word of God written faithfully by men; God told the writers what to write; since God cannot be wrong, neither can the Bible. Therefore, the Bible is perfect in every way and must be understood literally and obeyed perfectly. Any apparent discrepancy or conflict in teh Bible is due to the reader's poor, flawed unfaithful understanding of God's holy word and "Plan".

Substitute Koran for the Bible and you get both sides in the God Damned conflict.

Folks who believe in the inerrancy of holy scripture and the real presence of God in their lives and the reality of heaven and hell would be stupid NOT to follow the literal word of the Bible.

And that's how you get fanatics.

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