(September 1, 2012 at 5:31 pm)Stimbo Wrote: This may be a silly question, and it's the sort of thing that sometimes comes across as hostile, but do you have anything to back up the assertion that historians are "prevented" from reaching such conclusions for any reason at all, not just the reasons you gave? I hope you understand how that sounds like a conspiracy theory; in fact dangerously close to tinfoil-hat territory.No conspiracy is involved, methodological naturalism is one of the philosophical assumptions used for most scientific inquiry. You can read about it here.
Christianity is grounded in history, the facts of science, the rules of logic, and verifiable biblical truths.
