"I am intrigued to see that both sides have to be black or white . Either the creationist says the Bible is true down to the last detail or the anti-creationists say it is totally false and absolutely nothing as described ever happened ."
"While that may be true for some - perhaps even many - I was just responding to the OP . That said , I think it foolish to claim/believe that the bible is all wrong . I consider myself an atheist , but I fully recognize - and expect - that much , perhaps even most of the events mentioned in the bible actually occurred . I do , however , also realize that the books of the bible were written at a much different time , that even real events were likely embellished , in some cases to the point of absurdity ( knocking down walls with great shouts and the like ... ) . Although I do not and will not pretend to be a biblical scholar or historian of any sort , it seems to me that the bible could be seen as a biased , mythology-laden chronicle of the history of a particular group of people . Interesting historically , but not very reliable as a guide to the true events of the time , and even less so for a guide to moral behavior and describing a Universe-creating Deity ."
"Either the creationist says the Bible is true down to the last detail or the anti-creationists"
"Although I do not and will not pretend to be a biblical scholar or historian of any sort , it seems to me that the bible could be seen as a biased"