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If you're not a Christian, it's never a good idea to do that......... It *is* useful in seeking to understand a Chrisitan POV/understanding/interpretation, however.
I agree that it is. However, I tend to try to avoid hermeneutical issues with believers simply because they usually pull out one or more methods (among a plethora) in ad-hoc fashion to justify whatever it is they are arguing at the moment. By sticking with the historical-grammatical method one tends to avoid that kind of stuff even if it means that we lose a few opportunities like this one.
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If God inspired men to write the Bible without error, why did He not inspire men to copy it without error? If God miraculously inspired writers to perfection, not inspiring copyists renders the whole point moot.