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All the things you mention had unimpeachable, rational witnesses willing to die for what they knew to be true.

"...engaging [in] what I will call from here on "trailer park scholarship" .... Who are these people trying to kid? Their scholarship, as a whole, is reckless and pitiable; what they know, they have learned from reading a few popular books with no conception of the broader issues and fields at hand. .. "Why did God make the Bible so hard to understand, then?" It isn't -- none of this keeps a person from grasping the message of the Bible to the extent required to be saved; where the line is to be drawn is upon those who gratuitously assume that such base knowledge allows them to be competent critics [or commentators] of the text, and make that assumption in absolute ignorance of their own lack of knowledge.."

so you have no support either, other than to refer to those who believe it to be true as trailer trash.

The Bible can only come alive throught the moving of the Holy Spirit, not some ivory tower scholars, which is probably why God primarily chose fishermen and tax collectors to spread His Word and not "educated" scribes.

Matthew 11:25-26
25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.
26 Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight."

JM

It seems I jumped the gun on you and I apologize. Your posts made it seem as if you were criticizing those who believe that the Sun stopped as simpletons who do not know how to read the Bible, but in reality your were critizing those on the other side.

I apologize and hope I did not offend

JM