According to a fundamentalist position, then, every word of the Bible is entirely the work of God and should never be changed, challenged or questioned. The Bible is inspired or breathed into the people who wrote it down in much the same way as the breath of life was breathed into Adam in Genesis it comes directly from God. If society moves to a point were the Bible seems no longer appropriate for it, then for the fundamentalist it is the society which must change and not the book which is in fallible.
Fundamentalists believe firmly that the Bible can be absolutely trusted as the truth because it comes from God and God does not make mistakes. Their justification for the position if often taken from the Bible itself because if the bible if the source of truth then it can speak for itself with authority>
“All scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof for correction and for training in righteousness, so that every one who belongs to God
may be proficient, equipped for every good work.”
This way of thinking rejects the suggestion that God spoke through people who then used their of ideas and personalities to shape their writings in their own ways. This is argued that if God had allowed his words to be shaped in this way then human sin and wickedness would become involved. The Bible would have to be accepted as flawed in parts, and those verses of the Bible, which claim that God’s words are perfect, would be flawed. The words of the bible can be accepted as being infallible, and can be accepted unthinkingly. Every piece of historical information in the Bible for example need not be questioned but can be accepted as fact. A believer can know at once whether to accept a theory of scientists, historians or geologists by comparing their findings to the words of the Bible, which are already known to be true. People never have to rely on their own interpretation and judgement and so there can be no danger that the Bible will be misunderstood. The Bible can be trusted entirely whereas other views which allow that the Bible might sometimes be mistaken, cast doubt on every verse.