Ouch. Young Earth and all that, I suppose. Speaking of which...
> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit.
At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.
> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit.
At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.