It's so easy to twist logic to agree with a view that you want to make ippy...and this is all you are doing.
You ignore facts like the Biblical teaching I am supporting has held millions of minds over many years which must have a scientific reasoning behind it...as does all manifestations of the gathering of many people to support any other single method of reasoning. But when you analyse all these various groups there are only two of any consequence. The first is oppression...it has been with us since the beginning of time. We only have to follow the behaviour of the playground bully to identify its worst manifestations. Using pure aggression a bully can overpower and suppress the emotions of another and before long they have total authority of many people. There are usually no principles or honesty to be maintained just sheer oppression, by a few, over the many. I make a distinct analogy between this system of bullying and the life and distress caused by the cancer cell...but unfortunately it is very complicated.
The other is the accurate teaching of Jesus Christ who shows us how to tear down the false ceiling built by oppression and repair from it in a similar way the Jews repaired after the Holocaust...but with added benefits.
Now you will knock this back with a silly statement that doesn't require any thinking power what-so-ever whilst I have put a great deal of thought previously to enable me to answer your tongue in cheek question...accurately.
No tongue in cheek Nick, I'll try to keep it simple for you, right, until you can establish the veracity of your beloved book especially the magical, mystical and superstition based parts of it, it,
your bible, can't be used as an evidential base for promoting your belief in
your bible, because you can only establish its words as your own personal belief.
Do you see Nick, although you think it's all based on the words of your god, until you can find the evidence that will take
your book out and off of the fiction shelf of the library, then, and only then can you use it as any kind of evidential base for your, far to many, words.
Are you frightened of admitting there's no supporting evidence for especially the magical, mystical and superstition based parts of your book?
Straight answer to the question asked please Nick?
Just give an answer Nick, without any page filling, saying nothing waffle?
ippy