[Kerberos]

"There's no middle ground for anyone to believe that science, while a crucial and valid discipline, has limits and is well-served by retaining a significant dose of humility as to what it does and does not, can and cannot, know with absolute certainty. "

I don't know how you came up with this conclusion from the author, as that is not how I read it. And I hear all of this talk around here that scientist think they are God and I very seldom find that in the bio's of scientist I have read about.

[william clark]

It's the logical inference of the author's ad hominem aside that I cited. You're either "reasonable" and think that the "Old Testament is symbolic" or, if you believe that the bulk of it is legitimate history, you're considered an unreasonable fundamentalist who has no regard for science.