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Besides BioLogos (http://biologos.org), there are other Christian organizations which advocate conducting real science according to the scientific method, evolution and all:

http://asa3.org/ (The American Scientific Affiliation)
http://www.cis.org.uk/ (a UK organization similar to the ASA)
http://www2.wheaton.edu/ACG/ (The Affiliation of Christian Geologists)
http://bibleandscience.com/

http://truecreation.info/ has numerous references, a science advocacy site for evangelical Christians.

By the way, BioLogos's new documentary is due out this week:

http://fromthedustmovie.org/discussion/

So....
premise 1: "66% of the planet doesn't think it's the truth." (anyone notice the fallacy here?)
premise 2: "If a book doesn't contain truth then it contains something somebody made up, and we call that "fiction"." (quite true)
conclusion: "So according to most of the planet, the bible is fiction." (So?)

So, the first premise if fallacious, the second is good, but the conclusion doesn't follow nor is it relevant to the claims.
(Note: I'm not a logician, so I might have not set that out properly... but this was just too obviously wacked out.)

"It doesn't matter if they reported something or not"
Sure it does, that's how we know history. What I'm saying is that WE KNOW Egypt WOULD NOT have reported such a thing if their behavior is consistent at all. So, we wouldn't EXPECT this to have been reported... so that it isn't is no surprise (and lends no weight to your claim).

"anything like what's depicted in the bible would have been absolutely devastating to Egypt and left ample evidence."
- First, from my understanding, this was one city/region in Egypt, not all of Egypt. Second, I'm not sure how it would have left ample evidence. That was a long time ago.

"Speaking of Exodus, there's no evidence of 600000 people packing up and leaving Egypt either. That would also have left traces."
- Not true. First, you should know that even among Biblical scholars, the numbers (population size) are disputed, BASED on the text (not just liberal skepticism). Second, you might want to do a bit more research before making such a sweeping claim:
http://www.bibleandscience.com/archaeology/exodus.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWWO8dCeY0
I could give you lots more... but that's a start.

Because those were so well designed and so functional that they sold by the tens of millions, right?

Apple is not suing on these grounds. We should stick to the specific claim - rounded corners - that Apple waves as their own invention that wouldn't be obvious to someone skilled in the art. Yes, indeed, whenever I make something to hold in hands I make sure all the edges are razor-sharp. Yes, that's the ticket.

As matter of fact, it would be hard to find a tablet or anything else in this world that is supposed to be held in hands that doesn't have rounded corners. Except Klingon tablets, perhaps. Even Sumerian tablets have rounded corners! How about that for prior art?

http://www.bibleandscience.com/archaeology/exodus. htm

which proves that:
a) anyone can write anything on the internet, and
b) anyone can link to that content

Blah blah blah

Neither point affects my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior.

666 was just a hebrew code for Nero Caesar. Unless someone clones Nero and he takes over the world, regulating all commerce, the "Mark of the Beast" is a false prophecy.

Revelations should be removed from the bible. It was proven wrong when Nero died.

For more info on Nero and 666, go to the bottom of this page: http://www.bibleandscience.com/history/roman.htm

And remember, the Bible has told us many things we now consider truth long before science proved them.

Examples include:

The earth is round--Isaiah 40:12

The earth rotates upon its axis--Job 38:13-14

The atmosphere has weight--Job 28:25

The blood sustains life--Leviticus 17:11

The stars travel in certain paths--Judges 5:20

Moisture in the atmosphere goes through a cycle of evaporation and condensation--Psalms 135:7

The exitence of the Hittites(some doubted their existence until 1906 when Hugo Winkler proved it.)--Exodus 33:2; Deuteronomy 7:1, 20:17;Joshua 3:10 and 24:11.

Funny how God always ends up being right.