"..but how am I supposed to engage on all those disiplines you listed. I doubt if you can either."
   Neither of us are scientists who do the research. We MUST depend on experts to look at data and give us their best analysis of it. I tend to lean toward an opinion where not only 99+% agree on the basics, but also explain their methodology. You...ummm.. seem to find that small % that agree with your theological premises.

"...because you have studied logic that your evaluations of diverse data is correct. "

My study of logic in not ABOUT 'diverse data', it is about the form OF the argument. I can at least see the difference between flawed & correct treatment of the relevance of data. This is an important distinction. I do not analyze DNA or measure radioactive decay. I look at whether those who do have made sense.

"...the tactic of assuring us all that all the evidence confirms Darwinist doctrine as indisputable." see above...the only way to dispute evolution is to have better **evidence**... which does NOT include stuff like 'dino tracks' in Texas which have been show to be misinterpreted.

"...the contents of the bible were pretty much settled in church use a long time before king james."

Not exactly, Pete. They had what they had. The old testament was compiled from Jewish documents...largely in the 11th &12 centuries. They were not saved & read in an organized way until much later...and the King James scholars were tasked to DO the organization. (There are weeks of reading involved in sorting out the details of who wrote what and how it was decided what to include.)

see here. There were several categories of source material, and it is hard to document exactly who & when the contents were first written down & passed on.

other materials about Biblical times that was either not known to the compilers or was left out intentionally.

sources other than Jewish tradition

a careful analysis of missing scripture and why

There are dozens of sites devoted to this issue. It is an extremely difficult thing to follow the historical path of scriptural elements and determine their order & authenticity, no matter what one considers the 'original source'. If you just 'believe' that God 'inspired' the final version that YOU use, you are ignoring a huge amount of history.


I repeat for the 3rd or 4th time: *IF* a god created everything, including the brains to study His creations, we cannot ignore the details of how it all proceeded after Creation.