Bibles Vs. Direct Observation

[Dionysius]

Problem is, if this enlightenment merely led to no more than was current knowledge for the time - and even considerably less than was known to other civilisations - then where is the illumination? Indeed, if such enlightenment could be shown to be the result of divine revelation, as is the claim, the picture is actually worse, since it would be perfectly justifiable to ask "what the hell was the point?"

Put another way: if I came up to you and told you that rain falls from the sky, would you regard me as some great and insightful genius - even a few thousand years ago, when truly great people were estimating the size and shape of the Earth?

I think the whole God and the accuracy of insight or divine revelation should be investigated based on those who have experienced it. Something happened to these "nobodies" for lack of better word that empowered them to actualize a pseudo-philosophical system of thought which caused considerable change. A miraculous happening in and of itself.