Christians: do you understand the construction of your bible?

I don't know what percentage of Christians understand any particular amount of information about the writing of the Bible or the formation of the canon, but my hunch is that a comprehensive view of it is rare among ordinary Christians. Most people become and remain Christians on a different basis than a theory of inspiration or canon formation. Some skeptics see this as evidence of weakness; I tend to see it as evidence of reality. How many scientists can give a comprehensive view of the process that led to the science texts they read as undergraduates? If you can't believe anything without knowing how the person who wrote it came to believe what they believe (and the accuracy of that source...), you'll spend forever chasing sources into the mists of prehistory.

IMHO, the individuals whose faith falls apart when they learn of theories of inspiration or canon formation tend to come from backgrounds where "inerrancy" is widely believed but rarely explained. Case in point: Bart Ehrman. If you come to the text assuming that every letter is inspired, to the extent that you would like it to be inspired, you're in for a rude awakening. The additional irony is that this position isn't even historically common over the last 2000 years, but arose largely out of a reaction to theological liberalism in the late 19th and early 20th century.