A student researching a term paper in a college library on the origin of species might find that ninety-nine percent of the recommended sources praise Darwin’s theory. A citizen reading a Huffington Post, Reddit, or Newsweek article that says books were omitted from the Bible might readily accept it. Fiction readers and movie go-ers might buy into Dan Brown’s fanciful theories about the origin and inaccuracy of Scripture.
Should they? Are the scholars to be trusted?