In order to read the bible and believe in its utter truth and accuracy, you have to be able, whenever contradictions appear (and there are many) to suspend critical thinking, dispense with logic and decide that one side is correct and therefore the other doesn't mean what it says.

This is a belief system.

That requires too much suspension of disbelief for me, especially since the vast majority of Christians agree that it isn't necessary for the bible to be an accurate historical record since that is not its purpose.

On the other hand, when I see a new scientific advance I know that it is based upon sound principles of empiricism, followed by experiment with reproducible results, and conclusions logically drawn from those results.

I also know that if I, assuming I am capable, repeat those experiments for myself, I will achieve the same results and they will lead to the same conclusions.

If however two people draw different conclusions, the whole will be re-examined and if necessary modified to take account of new knowledge gained.

This is not a belief system.

No amount of Creationist pseudo science can alter that.

I know that Pete is sincere in his beliefs, but he is going to need to revise his way of expressing those beliefs, because the weight of scientific evidence against him.

Don T.