Is Biblical Scholarship Crawling with "Unscientific" Piety?

[Mercer (John Mercer)]

@Eddie

What the average American think, and what the average European thinks, are absolutely irrelevant to determining historical facts.

Funny coming from a guy who started a topic here and chose to title it:

Some Comments from YouTube Watchers of the Tour-Farina Debate

I have gathered a number of comments about Farina’s performance, from various people who might be expected to champion it: @tcrown3333 10 hours ago I’m an atheist, however, Farina’s smug and snide attacks on Tour throughout this debate, disgusted me. I may disagree with Tour’s mission, however, no one can ignore his considerable contribution to science. @MrDavidbr1970 7 hours ago I do not share religious convictions of Prof. J. Tour, but he comes out as a real scientist in this “debate”. Come on, how can it be a fair debate with a guy that doesn’t even understand the titles of the papers he is bringing in support of his position. And I have to say that this debate was ruined by Mr. Farina’s rudeness and unwarranted aggression. @chasepolk 17 hours ago Am I the only non-religious person that finds Tour much more convincing than Dave? This debate made me further convinced. The problem with Dave is that strangely, as an educator, he in no way tried to educate James Tour, but onl…