True enough. The same standard of evidence can be applied to the Bible as well.
"The same standard of evidence can be applied to the Bible as well."
It confounds me to see the sniping coming from the far ends of both bleachers. My guess is the majority of opinion rests comfortably in the middle. Many of us want to see the best of science taught to our kids. And, at the same time, we remain at peace with our faith.
You have leapt across areas of investigation with the aplomb of a world class gymnast. The Bible and an investigation into it depends upon one's area of inquiry. These are not the same tools used when looking at the fossil record. Nonetheless, I can see how one could relate the particular discipline of "bibilical" archeaology with the investigations into the fossil record. But they are based on very different terms. It would be flawed at a fundamental level to rest upon such a comparison.