To me, everything about "The Mike Wars" is encapsulated in the following:
Mike believes PFAL is God-breathed.
PFAL defines the qualities of the God-breathed Word.
PFAL does not meet the qualities of the God-breathed Word.
PFAL is not God-breathed.
The end.
I truly don't understand why it's still a conversation, except that Mike (like every religious adherent before and after him) simply ignores the evidence to the contrary and insists his position has "stood the test of time" for the simple reason that he refuses to abandon it. The test of time is not relevant. The test of critical analysis is.
Here's what we did NOT address in "The Mike Wars."
PFAL is not God-breathed IF it is correct about the qualities of the God-breathed Word.
The Bible is not God-breathed if PFAL is correct about the qualities of the God-breathed Word.
Now, here's the amusing thing: The Bible never claims, of itself, that it is God-breathed. The Bible actually makes ZERO claims about itself, because the Bible is not an "It." It's a collection of many books, only a very few of which even recognize the mere existence of other books in the collection.
When "Paul" wrote "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," he was in all likelihood not talking about his own letters, and all but certainly not referring to gospels that had yet to be written.
Is PFAL God-breathed.
I can't participate in the discussion anymore. Nothing is God-breathed.
But if you want to engage, you need to be consistent: If PFAL is not God breathed, what's your standard for reaching that conclusion, and does the Bible itself meet that standard? If not, how does anyone deny Mike's position (my original answer still holds).