It makes no sense to use the Bible to justify its authority. You can't justify your own authority.

Additionally, I feel it is a Christian of weak faith who has to believe in an infallible and inerrant Bible. The human experience is a journey on which was must continue to learn. The Bible is a help on that journey, but it is not the authority. God is the authority. The Holy Spirit informs our decisions. Jesus asked the Pharisees to let go of their safety blanket (their Scriptures) and trust in Him. I don't mean He asked them to completely let go, but merely to look beyond and be willing to see a greater truth. They refused. My thought is that I'd better not commit that same error. The Bible is a wonderful book. Infallible, inerrant, and written by God it is not. If you come to understand that you will be a stronger Christian.

>>> Perhaps you should realize that the religious writings of men are just the religious writings of men, not some holy, infallible, inerrant God-written document.
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>Sometimes I would like to believe that. Then I could just pick and choose which scriptural passages I was comfortable with and disregard the rest as simply, "writings of men". It's just that certain scriptures get in my way, like:
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>2 Peter 1:19-22 (New King James Version)
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>And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
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>And 2 Timothy 3:15-16
>and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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>It's just that your claim is directly contraicted by the scriptures themselves- in many places. So, again, it's a matter of faith.