Sublime

Despite naïve views to the contrary, the Bible was not handed down by God as a complete package but was the result of a series of decisions made over the course of centuries by the leaders of different religious groups, decisions concerning a variety of works written by many authors also over the course of centuries.

Darwinian evolution has great difficulty accounting for the existence of objective moral obligations.

WHO CREATED THESE? Every scientific statement in the long run, however complicated it looks, really means something like, “I pointed the telescope to such and such a part of the sky at 2:20 A.M. on January 15th and saw so-and-so,” or, “I put some of this stuff in a pot and heated it to such-and-such a temperature and it did so-and-so.” Do not think

Genesis 9:20–27

The explorers emphasize that they saw the sons of Anak, that is, the Anakim. They justify their statement by saying that they carefully observed the land to be conquered (Numbers 13:32-33):

it is not only Christianity that cannot completely explain the problem of evil; no worldview can. The real question, then, is which worldview offers the most satisfying explanation of the problem of evil, which is both livable and intellectually defensible, even though that explanation will inevitably leave important questions unanswered.

The sea barrier prevented not just humans but also many other Afro-Asian animals and plants from reaching this ‘Outer World’. As a result, the organisms of distant lands like Australia and Madagascar evolved in isolation for millions upon millions of years, taking on shapes and natures very different from those of their distant Afro-Asian