These are lousy arguments.

1. The argument against "higher criticism" is nothing more than Atheist character assassination. No actual defense is even made accept in the subtle use of language, made to make critics of The Bible seem to be merely pushing a political agenda. The article even makes Atheists out to be the majority in the media, claiming "Anyone who doesn't believe in the authenticity of Scripture is given an open forum to launch an attack," when of course, it's been the exact opposite since Christianity became the mainstream. It's also interesting that it's generally acceptable for Jews or Muslims to not believe Jesus was the messiah, but when it comes from the mouth of an Atheist, it's suddenly a bigotted attack on Theism.

2. The Test of Time argument has been made a million times and could be used to justify almost anything. First off, it suggests greater faith in people's intelligence than they are perhaps entitled. Second, it dares suggest that critics have never succeeded in finding errors in it, which is plain nutty. Just Google "Bible contradictions" and you'll see otherwise. Psychology tells us why people are willing to believe in superstitions and supernatural claims of all kinds. It's not because these claims are so incredibly valid.

3. Many of the figures referenced in the testimonies hee are Deists, which are frequently grouped in with Christians by those who know nothing of Deism. Deists don't believe God has anything to do with the present world. They think maybe a creator of some sort began our universe, but this being's influence stopped there. And while Andrew Jackson may very well have been refering to The Bible, the only true book that "is the rock on which this republic rests" is John Locke's "2nd Treatise on Government," which was the basis of our Declaration of Independence, which was written by Jefferson (whom is also quoted here). Jefferson was a Deist, well known for his insistance on the separation of church and state. Here's what else Jefferson said: "I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature." "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." "Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites." "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as His father, in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." "Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man." Don't ever misrepresent a founding father on my watch. I'll personally shove an American flag up your ass. Nobody gives a shit what John Quincy Adams thinks about much of anything, let alone spirituality. Newton was a scientist who only believed in an allegorical god. Robert Dick Wilson is a complete unknown and hardly worthy of being quoted, especially amongst several greats. And my last point on this is simply that none of these men ever met Jesus and men as equally capable of being wrong as the next guy. Atheists can pull out just as many equally impressive (or more impressive) critics of The Bible.

Einstein: "From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.", "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from religious indoctrination received in youth." "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." "During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution, human fantasy created gods in man's own image who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate influence, the phenomenal world... The idea of God in the religions taught at present is a sublimation of that old conception of the gods. Its anthropomorphic character is shown, for instance, by the fact that men appeal to the Divine Being in prayers and plead for the fulfillment of their wishes... In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal God, that is, give up that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vase power in the hands of priests.""Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached a conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true....Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience...an attitude which has never left me.""A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

If you want more testimonies against The Bible from respected people, go here: http://atheistempire.com/greatminds/quotes.php?author=2

4. This just blatantly rewrites history. It's called the Council of Mycea, and it really happened. At the "Council of Mycea" in 320 A.D. the people of that church council actually voted on what was to be included in the bible and what was not. They portrayed Jesus to be god (which was never established until this point), eliminated any trace of Women in his life or works, as well as in the church after him and chose to discard and eliminate all traces of the gospel of Philip, gospel of mary magdalene etc. And for the record, the first known written reference to Jesus wasn't until at least 70 AD, if not later. Apparently Jesus was so important no one thought to write about him until years after his death. Wow. You'd think he'd be in all the tabloids back then.

5. Actually, Christians are the ones who use this translation argument, not Atheists, to avoid explaining how many different interpretations exist if The Bible is so clear. How interesting that each church swears that their interpretation is the only correct one, and yet not a single one subscribes to every single word. They can't all be right, can they?

6. Historical Witnesses - None of the writers of the Gospels ever met Jesus. Many Christians refute the argument of there being no evidence of Jesus by claiming there's no real evidence of any historical figure. They ironically usually use examples like Aristotle or Julius Caesar who either have actual texts credited in their name or have their faces memorialized on coins and statues. Jesus has no evidence except a book written by multiple sources who never met each other, never met Jesus, and which contradict each other. That's it. And Flavius Josephus, who always gets cited for his early mentions of Jesus, wasn't even born until circa 37-38 CE. That'd make Jesus in his late 30's when this guy was born. Great source there. Every other source came way later. You might as well be taking the testimony of someone today regarding Jesus. C'mon, give me one source from during Jesus' life.

7. The old Old Testament supports the New Testament argument is like saying Fellowship of the Ring supports Return of the King. Therefore there really are hobbits and a ring that rules them all. Give me a break! Of course The New Testament builds on the Old Testament. The authors read the original and wrote a bloody sequel. End of story.

8. The true human experience argument - so you're honestly sticking with this argument that people aren't capable to writing 3 dimensional fictional characters? This one really defeats itself without any argument on my part.

9. God is no fool - this is circular reasoning. You're suggesting god had to write the bible because he'd never let his word be translated by men. I can fix their contradiction right now. God doen't exist. Therefore, men wrote the book without his permission. Done.

however in my life experiances the presence of jesus christ has to be a reality.

ill keep that in mind for my future comments .

125 prophecies eh? Are their exact dates given? No? Then thats not proof. I can say the world will be destroyed. I know this to be fact, theres no evidence you can provide to refute that claim. Until of course I try to give a date, because if I say something vague without a date, eventually it will happen.

how can you argue 125 prophecies that come true hundreds of years later