Despair not. The best is yet to come! Trump is in the grand jury playoffs now. The first round is against Letitia James. The loser of that (he's already lost the NY civil trial) progresses to the next trial to see if he can lose again (Georgia). And Again (Jack Smith I: the classified docs). And again (Smith II: the insurrection) and again (E Jean Caroll II). There are two more indictments looming for Trump: Smith III: campaign fraud, and they're investigating Trump in AZ now for felony election interference, so we should expect a fifth or sixth criminal indictment by then. This should take us through and beyond Trump's first post-guilty incarceration (although the smart money has him in prison before that for defying gag orders).
That should tell you something about the relative value of the Bible and of science. One is the authority on what really happened, the other pretending it knew that all along by reinterpreting scripture ad hoc.
Really? The Bible says a god created the universe including the kinds and the first two humans (who were made in that god's image) in six days, took a day to rest, and eventually flooded the earth and drowned almost all terrestrial life. None of that happened.
They are myths, and they are records only of the imagination of the Bible writers trying to explain their world under the assumption that it was built and is ruled by a tri-omni god. Science isn't filling in any gaps. Science has explained what really happened, and the apologists scramble to minimize the apparent contradiction and error with comments like yours.
Those rejecting god claims and other unfalsifiable faith-based beliefs aren't closed-minded. This is what closed-mindedness looks like with one open-minded humanist's opinion for contrast (Bill Nye):
[1] The moderator in the debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye on whether creationism is a viable scientific pursuit asked, “What would change your minds?” Scientist Bill Nye answered, “Evidence.” Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham answered, “Nothing. I'm a Christian.” Elsewhere, Ham stated, “By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record."
[2] "The way in which I know Christianity is true is first and foremost on the basis of the witness of the Holy Spirit in my heart. And this gives me a self-authenticating means of knowing Christianity is true wholly apart from the evidence. And therefore, even if in some historically contingent circumstances the evidence that I have available to me should turn against Christianity, I do not think that this controverts the witness of the Holy Spirit. In such a situation, I should regard that as simply a result of the contingent circumstances that I'm in, and that if I were to pursue this with due diligence and with time, I would discover that the evidence, if in fact I could get the correct picture, would support exactly what the witness of the Holy Spirit tells me. So I think that's very important to get the relationship between faith and reason right..." - William Lane Craig
[3] “If somewhere in the Bible I were to find a passage that said 2 + 2 = 5, I wouldn't question what I am reading in the Bible. I would believe it, accept it as true, and do my best to work it out and understand it."- Pastor Peter laRuffa
[4] “When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data. The only Bible-honoring conclusion is, of course, that Genesis 1-11 is actual historical truth, regardless of any scientific or chronological problems thereby entailed.” –creationist Henry Morris
What all of these people except Nye are telling you is that there minds are closed for business, and that nothing you could show them could reveal to them where they're wrong. Nye rejects such thinking, and embraces evidence, which he considers open-mindedly.
Yes. I just showed you several examples. But don't confuse your beliefs being rejected for closed-mindedness. You just don't have compelling arguments.
