 In the Bible, you've got talking trees, talking animals, thousand-year-old people, a woman turning into salt, disembodied hands riding on walls, a man living in the belly of a whale. My question to believers is this, how do you take any of this seriously? Friend, you're not opposed to the idea of miracles either. I mean, you believe that an eye was formed after billions of years of random chance processes out of nothingness? That's a pretty big miracle. You see, in truth, we're actually not opposed to miracles. We're just opposed to God performing those miracles. Romans 1.20 says, for his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in things that have been made so that they are without excuse. We are without excuse, but God in His mercy sent Jesus to take the punishment that we deserve for our sins, for our denial, for our unbelief. He turns our heart of stone that hates God into a heart of flesh that loves God and delights in Him.