Quote Originally Posted by ahabion View Post
the bad part is that they tend to be the majority (or loudest) which makes it bad for everyone else.
Exactly. I know not all Christians are that way, but the ones I've come into personal contact with lived high on the hog with that mentality. And for that, I distrust all of them.

Quote Originally Posted by ahabion View Post
Not really validation but writings and culture at the time follow accurately the books of the Bible. More philosophical evidence rather than empirical... just all depends on what you want to count and discount as evidence enough.
Being that there is NOT ONE shred of real evidence that God even exists, it has to be much harder to prove that He wrote the Book or that the Book is even of His words.

Quote Originally Posted by ahabion View Post
You're absolutely right.
Thank you. Later, QD.