From another reader:

Dear Mr. Goldberg,
I’m one of those horrid inflexible inerrantists your emailer refers to, and it didn’t occur to me that I should be offended by your remark. You see, as one who believes the Bible is inerrant, I also believe God is big enough to take care of His Word, and if this new information has anything relevant to the Scriptures, I don’t expect to find my faith all shaken up by it . . .
And what’s wrong with believing that there are at least some absolutes in the Bible? I don’t make my case to secularists that homosexuality is wrong based on Bible verses – there are plenty more ways to make that argument – but I myself first believed it wrong because the Bible says so. So what? If we have no moral authority outside ourselves, we have no moral authority at all.
I look forward to meeting you in Atlanta. And I’ll probably join y’all for a glass of wine, because the Bible doesn’t say don’t drink; it says don’t be drunk.
Since I don’t need to feel significant today (my students are doing a great job making me feel that way now that the end of the semester is near and they are trying to salvage their grades), I would prefer to remain anonymous if you happen to be moved to post this.
[Name withheld]