The Bible cannot be taken literally, and cannot be a viable source of evidence

"You are very weak in your observations. Sure the house I lived in may have had blueprints, may not have . It was built before there were any permits.And there are not materials left. They were burned and hauled away maybe 30 years ago." There are many records that your house was there. Even though it was burned down, we can still collect some material from your house, along with construction data when your house was being burned. (Although I must say, sorry for your loss) . "I never said I was there. I take by faith that he did rise from the dead. I am pointing out that you have to take by faith that he did not rise from the dead also." Definition of faith: strong belief or trust in someone or something There is no evidence for Jesus' resurrection. It doesn't require belief to know to that he didn't, since there is no viable evidence. "I will take this slow so you may understand it.We are both walking by faith. All faith is is confidence in anothers word that what they have said is true.You take the word of " scientists" that the flood did not happen" How are we walking by faith? Science isn't a belief structure. Science relies on observations, evidence, theories, and inferences. You don't say in science "Well, it seems evaporating water is defying gravity, therefor god." You need further evidence and proof to know why the process is happening. Sure, you could say that you believe in scientists, but science itself is not a belief structure. You could experiment what scientists say, and you could see it yourself. "Did you fail math or something. Just take those 8 people. They had children . Now there are 24 , maybe 30 in just a couple of years. In twenty years that very well could have doubled again." If you live in the U.S, and look outside, you will see multiple races and different traits of personalities. If we all came from one single family, then why are there different blood types? We should have similar physical features and personalties if we came from one family. In order have that many different physical features, we would need at least 10,000 people from different families. That way, we would have different traits, personalities, and maintain a steady population with many genetic diversities, "And when I say dirt, I am talking about the elements that make up this planet. The human body has all the elements that make up this earth." It is true that we originate from this planet. However, this "dirt" you speak of, has to be extremely wet, and it has to be under the right conditions to form microorganisms that can evolve into multicellular organisms. It doesn't require a magic man do to so. "if you do not believe in creation, then you must believe in magic." Definition of magic: " the use of means (as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces" God is a supernatural being. There is no viable evidence for god. The idea of god doing things, with is own will, (magically) is more "magic" than the science requiring factual evidence. "Maybe it takes a certain kind of gamma ray, or the right chemical reaction. " For your information, gamma rays is the thing that destroys cells. Gamma rays come from the sun (our main light source that god created by magic, and gives us cancer). "Because you could make a cell look exactly like a living cell and you will never put life in it.It will just sit there and do nothing, let alone reproduce into more complicated organisms." Actually, all you really need to do is, give it a right amount of time, under the right conditions, and it will start duplicating itself using mitosis. If you put pressure on that cell, it will slowly adapt to the environment, becoming more complicated. The phrase "ever learning, but never coming to the knowledge of the truth" can be most certainly debatable (on another topic) and it can be applied to both sides. Sources: http://www.merriam-webster.com... http://science-beta.slashdot.org... Back to you con.