And how is belief in objectivity any more objective? Can you demonstrate that objectivity is "objective" without resorting to belief?
Belief in which scripture is internally self-consistent?
The Old and New Testaments.
How does one choose which scripture to believe?
Innate knowledge, testimony of the Holy Spirit, track record.
(Consulting a haruspex would internally consistent by this definition of consistent.
Only haruspexs who made no mistakes in their predictions are candidates for internal consistentency.
To see the usefulness of empirical evidence, one should study the consequences of the contrapositive.
It's not a question of the usefulness of empirical evidence. The question is whether or not it is possible to demonstrate the "objectivity" of a reliance on empirical evidence in the search for knowledge (truth, facts, etc.), and only empirical evidence, without resorting to a belief, the truth of which has no empirical evidence to support it.
1) Innate knowledge= belief; 2) you cannot prove the existence of the Holy Spirit, since this is an article of faith; 3) track record- please provide an example.
Only haruspexs who made no mistakes in their predictions are candidates for internal consistentency.
How is the Bible any more accurate? (and, of course, this begs the question- which Bible? Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox?)