The Bible is a book written by ignorant “Bronze Age goat herders,” according to many internet atheists across the world.

If the biblical authors did not have modern science at their disposal, so the argument goes, the Bible is irrelevant to modern life. On the other end of the spectrum sit Christians who believe that technological progress is the very antithesis of what humanity ought to pursue – Mennonites being one such example.

The problem with these claims is that they ignore much of what is known to scholars of history, mischaracterise the Bible, and even miss the entire point of God’s placement of humanity on Earth in the first place.

First, an admission: this writer is particularly interested in this question as both a… (Register to read the rest of the article)