Reason is necessary for building strong faith

That doesn't change the fact that relying on the Bible alone is unreasonable. If you do, then you can claim anything in the book is correct. For example, let's say hypothetically that I feel the wind, and think it's going West. Using this evidence, I could claim the wind only goes West, however, that would be an illogical theory, as it relied on only 1 piece of evidence. The same thing could be said about the bible. My opponent goes on to say "And in the area of external evidence supporting the bible, I think you will be amazed at what you find if you search for it." However, this is empirically false, as the bible make reference to a roof of the world or "Firmament". This "Firmament cannot exist, as we have gone beyond what would be the "Firmament" if it existed. So either reject the idea that we've sent satellites into Earth's orbit, or reject the idea of the "Firmament" altogether. {1} In addition, the bible makes the scientific mistake of implying that the sun orbits the earth Ecclesiastes 1:5 "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down and hasteth to his place where he arose." If this were true, then NASA would have observed it a while ago. The NASA Observatory explains "But the evidence for a heliocentric solar system gradually mounted. When Galileo pointed his telescope into the night sky in 1610, he saw for the first time in human history that moons orbited Jupiter. If Aristotle were right about all things orbiting Earth, then these moons could not exist. Galileo also observed the phases of Venus, which proved that the planet orbits the Sun. " {2} In addition, it is a common belief that god created the Bible, however, there is at least 1 contradiction even my opponent cannot deny. Genesis 4:9 "God asks Cain where his brother Abel is. " Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17 23:24-25, Hebrews 4:13 "God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view." Let's not forget either: Genesis 4:15, Deuteronomy 32:19-27, Isaiah 34:8 "God is a vengeful god." 2 Corinthians 13:11, 18, 1 John 4:8, 16 "God is love. " Notice how my opponent also failed to address the idea of Impartiality. Here are the quotes for your convenience. "God prefers Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's. " and "God shows no partiality. He treats all alike." {3} On the topic of external evidence, again. I turned up was Answeringgenesis.org bragging about turning up Babylonian creation stories". I'll concede, that the Tablets contain creation stories with the theme of flooding. However, we can chalk it up to their civilization being heavily based around the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. In addition, if the great flood had really happened, then we would see similar themes throughout all cultures. However, Slavic Mythology describes how the world came from an egg, Norse describes Cold and Warmth meeting to form a Frost Giant named Ymir. Who was then killed to form the world, and has 4 dwarves holding him up at each cardinal direction. We're the great flood truly worldwide as the bible claims Genesis 17-23: "For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.[a][b] 21 Every living thing that moved on land perished"birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark." In addition, An archaeological expedition into the Flood turned up nothing. "Woolley's first test pit was very small, so during that and the next season he had dug a number of other test shafts, including an enormous pit, seventy-five feet by sixty feet and sixty-four feet deep. In this main pit, he encountered a deposit of clean, apparently water-laid soil up to eleven feet thick. Evidence of the Flood was absent from several shafts and uncertain or disturbed in a number of others." {4} In light of this, and all the evidence I have presented. The only logical and reasonable option is to negate the resolution. {1}:http://rationalwiki.org... {2}:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov... {3}:http://infidels.org... {4}:https://ncse.com...