I think you misinterpreted my irony when I wrote:
>> And all these years I thought the Bible was such a reliable
>> witness. What a shame that it turns out to have only been
>> written by men from within their limited intellectual contexts.
>> Perhaps also their view of sin was limited by their moral context?
I was referring to the contention that the writing of the Scripture
on science was was limited due to the scientific limitations of its
human authors.
What I was trying to point out was that such a suggestion about the
scientific content of the Scripture could also be (and often is)
used dismiss the moral views of Scripture.
I think what you wrote about sin and the Scripture is the case, but
then the science of the Scripture must not be limited by the
`intellectual context' of the authors either.
If the science of the Scripture is limited, I think it is perhaps
limited in the way you suggest, but what I was needling was the
notion that the issue was `intellectual context'.
May God bless you and Linda in the new year!
--Dave