Importance of Innerrancy to Moderate Christians

Can you explain how someone could come to beleive that the Bible is inerrant without following faith ? And what would the motivation be for that faith ?

No, I'm not rewording your question, I'm reflecting it to show that your question isn't the issue you make it. You asked what was the motivation for the faith to beleive in Christianity without believing that the Bible is inerrant. I asked what would be the motivation for the faith to beleive that the Bible is inerrant.In short I view your question as a mistake. The belief in inerrancy makes no fundamental difference - I would suggest that the motivations in each case are similar. Arguably the belief in Biblical inerrancy requires more faith to gloss over the internal tensions and inconsistencies in the inerrancy doctrine.

If you mean that belief in Biblical inerrancy is "worse" in that sense than moderate or liberal Christianity then I agree.nEdited by PaulK, : Provide reason for edit here.

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so, what kind of thing makes for the strength of belief that can legitimize a faulty text.

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All I can say is how it appears to me. The people who express such a view typically have a very high regard for their own opinions - despite the fact that they don't take much care to check their facts. Some of them seem unable to read anything without forcing into their beliefs - often getting it completely wrong. And they tend to be very intolerant of disagreement, and get upset at any criticism of their (frequently bad) behaviour.