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his scholarship persuades him that much of the Bible isn’t literally true

Exactly - his scholarship! Using the 'natural' to figure out the 'supernatural' ain't gonna happen!! Only those who are truly converted, HS filled, gets it.

[TBP]

Only those who are truly converted, HS filled, gets it.

IOW, only those who agree with you are entitled to an opinion. Just the way the Obamaites think.

A religion is more than just this world, obviously, but if it can't hold up under logic and historical scholarship, then there is something flawed about it. You shouldn't be able to poke holes in it in these ways.