Greg2003

People don't have to believe that the Bible is accurate in order to have faith in God. They can just believe without any basis in scientific or historical fact at all. In fact, that is really the only unassailable position to take with regard to faith. It is true because I believe it is true.

What you can't do is use the scientific method to verify religious beliefs. There is no valid proof for the existance of god or the divinity of Christ or the rightness of Christianity over any other religion. You either believe based upon faith or you don't.

I suppose it is possible to have a scientific world view and still have religious faith. But it is a difficult position to justify. Also, you cannot say much of anything about the nature of god, since you cannot use science to provide justifiable statements about god or the nature of the supernatural.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Gregg

Won't work. Your friend will just say the scholars are wrong and that the Gospels were actually written shortly after the event. If you point out the contradictions in the various accounts, he'll pull out the "no eyewitness to an auto accident ever tells the same story!" argument, or that one about Hannibal.

Gregg