God Yahweh Allah was a volcano.

[Cinjin]

I never said the Bible should be used as a historical reference. I do, however, believe there is a vein of truth in it but that that vein has been elaborated, mystified and glorified. To say it's useless and shouldn't be used to try to work things out is as bad for free thinking as a Christian who refuses to believe any part of it could be wrong or even elaborated. This is a riddle and everything needs to be considered.

There are vein's of truth to the Brother's Grimm Stories that reflect the people and times in which the book was written, but that doesn't mean that the riddles held within it should be 'considered' as anything more than anecdotal when discussing real human history.

We all realize that myth and legend are most often developed from a tiny fraction of truth. The only real problem I have is your application of this fact to legitimize stories in the Bible that have little to no evidence.

I'll give you this though, your thread is readable and I have enjoyed it considerably more than the last 10 I was reading.