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The idea that the Biblical worldview is nonsense is the fault of a lot of people. First many of the religious have insisted upon traditional interpretations of the Bible that are at odds with scientific results. Highly rational scientific people are only too happy to take the traditional interpretations of the Bible and denounce the whole thing on the basis of the traditional interpretations . But the reality is that these problems vanish or tend to vanish if you use new interpretations of the Biblical text. Second the religious have failed to state the Biblical view of the world in a form that highly rational people can understand.