(Moving discussion with Larry from Danny's thread to its own topic)

I contend that belief in the christian god is irrational and unreasonable. Larry A. disagrees. Larry states belief in god is a philisophical question. It is actually a factual question. Does the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist or not. The god of the bible supposedly created the universe and everything within it. Yet we can easily test a great many biblical claims about reality and see that the bible is factually incorrect. The origin of this planet and the sun and stars and plants and animals and people are all radically different from the bible's erroneous claims. Rain and thunder and earthquakes and disease and floods and astronomical events are all mistakenly described in the bible. God is said to be a creator, yet there is no good reason to believe that any creator is necessary.

Larry A, you're 70 years old, speak well, clearly posses a fair degree of intelligence, and are willing to think through deeper issues. Why do you believe there is any factual basis to a story so riddled with error and obvious falsehoods?