So if I testify that during the presidency of Barack Obama, during his second term, that you performed horrific acts of pederasty, then the fact that I asserted these acts took place during BO’s presidency makes the testimony valid....
Or does it?
Of course it doesn’t. The fact that events are asserted to have taken place during a particular time is irrelevant, when you consider that descriptions of stars, and the moon is not just not accurate, but not even possible.
Then throw in the various miracles. They are easy to accomplish so long as the principals are long dead. Prophecy is easy, so long as the events predicted are in the past.
It looks to be a scam to me. That others fell for it has no meaning. People fall for scams every day.
I know they do. Like those who actually think Robert E. Lee evolved from an ape:
William Ramsey was a well known liberal minister and skeptic. He spent several years in the Middle East retracing Luke's travels. He investigated Luke and Acts thoroughly, and came away convinced the Evangelist was accurate down to the smallest detail.
I spent the first 3.5 years going through the Bible with my mentor verse by verse. I came away thoroughly convinced of the veracity of the Word. Can I explain everything it contains? No, but I look at the preponderance of evidence, and I came away 100% convinced it is true.