Posted by Al; [Aldurant] on April 03, 1999 at 00:16:50 {Ed9c7782HMbNVk78PDhst74NX2uzuA}:
In Reply to: ******"Mammoth" Evidence posted by ReasonableDoubt-WW on April 02, 1999 at 13:20:59:
W- They are not "alledged" experts. They can find oil, they can predict simple things reliably, showing that they are in harmony with nature. Entire businesses, even industries run successfully on the views of these "alledged" experts. Because there are thousands of them you can always pick those who err, who are fraudulent, etc.
The reason other things must confirm The Bible and not the other way around is the fact that there are those who claim that The Bible is inspired relatively precisely by the Creator of the Universe to the point where we should regard it as understandable communication from God. No other source of knowledge makes this claim or needs to make it to be useful to us. So naturally when it seems that The Bible is at odds with our other sources of knowledge and it's proponents resort to unwarranted generalities and even try to make us guilty or fearful for not conceding their extraordinary claims, we are even more suspicious.
Al