A Minimalist Bible

I'd prefer this one: reference

Do you have a teaching from Jesus that suggests that?

Being inspired by God is not being verbally dictated to by God.Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.

I see. Truthfully, though, "The WORD of the Lord came to me" is a cliche that we only see in the Old Testament and it is not something that Paul actually wrote to Timothy.

Okay, but that doesn't have to mean that the words are being verbally dictated to you. Too, you could be inspired to create things that don't even contain words, like music or paintings.Now, lets say that you do have the words verbally dictated to you, i.e. you're hearing voices. How do you know that it is coming from Him rather than your own vain imagination?Isn't it pretty vain to think that God is talking directly to you?Further, if someone writes something and says that God verbally dictated it to them, then how do you know that it came from Him rather than their own vain imagination?

This is actually a really good point.If God is just dictating exactly what to write, then he doesn't even need the human there, he could just use telekinesis to move the pen around himself, or just make ink appear on the pages.That it says that it is inspired, implies that it was not dictated, as you point out.