What exactly is ???a confessional intellectualism???? <a href="http://www.mccaughan.org.uk/g/">http://www.mccaughan.org.uk/g/</a> gjm It seems to me that it is possible to believe that open intellectual inquiry is a threat to ???scriptural fidelity??? without believing that the scriptures are a fraud, as follows: You postulate that although *perfectly conducted* open intellectual inquiry would vindicate (your view of) the scriptures for sure