Yeah, jgnat is dead on: unlike Hindus who always have managed to discern between scientific knowledge and religious philosophy, whereas Xians have completely failed to keep the two separate, since unlike the Vedic writings of Hindu beliefs, the Hebrew Bible makes claims about the World which have in all cases proven to be flat-out WRONG, i.e. the World is NOT flat (it's an oblate sphere) there is no firmament, there are no storehouses of hail and snow above the firmament, rainbows are formed by diffraction of water molecules and aren't exclusive to rain (in fact, they can be created with a waterhose), human disease is NOT caused by sin by micro-organisms, etc, etc.
The only way to salvage the credibility of the Bible is by dismissing it all as allegorical alone, which obviously is not going to be acceptable to believers who cling to the illusion of God as Intelligent Designer, since they also depend on a literal resurrection of the dead, JWs dream of immortality in the New System, etc.
TEC, you sure use a loose definition of "truth"? But regardless, can you give ONE example of a "truth" spoken of by Jesus? I don't mean a WISDOM saying, or a reference to the promise of the Kingdom of God, etc, but a useful CONCRETE truth that was a proven fact, a breakthrough for the knowledge of mankind.
Otherwise, you're a bit like a fired-up cheerleader who has a lot of spirit, but since you never actually learned anything about the game of football, you don't have anything of substance to offer (other than a general cheer of, "Gooooo, TEAM!!").
Adam
