I think that there is a difference between having read it and saying it is not true, and to have not read it.
The main point is that to denounce the Word of God is to call God a liar.
>> I think that there is a difference between having read it and saying it is not true, and to have not read it.
The main point is that to denounce the Word of God is to call God a liar.<<
I see the distinction you are making.
And one the one occasion that God spoke directly to me (that I’m aware of) it would have been wrong to deny Him, of course but that wasn’t even a reasonable choice - when God speaks directly it is beyond powerful.
But when when I read and hear of other’s encounters with God I do consider that it is filtered through a human. God didn’t reveal any new science to me so I think its quite reasonable that he didn’t reveal to the writers of Genesis any math or science beyond what they already knew in the 5th century BC.
They had no concept of what a billion years was. Or how man came to be or radioactivity or many other things.
Besides, isn’t it arrogant to think that a man could remember and record all of God’s understanding about the history of the earth, even if it was shown to him?