(October 21, 2011 at 3:07 pm)CoxRox Wrote: As far as it's claims for God and salvation etc, these matters are ultimately decided on by faith, which unfortunately will not satisfy most people.
This is why I'm confused as to the significance of this bit of info. Anybody will concede there is some, i.e. names of actual cities, historically accurate information in the bible. Unfortunately none of it seems to be of any real significance as far as the validity of the story of Jesus is concerned.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell