It's perfectly valid. The word you're looking for is "reliable". If we were discussing the virgin birth, I wouldn't put any stock in the Bible. The gospels wer

It's perfectly valid. The word you're looking for is "reliable". If we were discussing the virgin birth, I wouldn't put any stock in the Bible. The gospels were written after the fact, by people who weren't there and had a strong motivation to make shit up. We conclude that it is _unreliable_ on the topic of the Virgin birth. (It's a reliable source on the topic of Christian beliefs in Nicaea in 300AD, however.) But the Talmud describes Jews living in Judea at _great length_, which, I'll remind you, implies many hours spent reciting oral history or copying text by hand. It's supported by the existence of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The conspiracy that you suppose is of a flat-earth scale. I won't discuss the middle east any further. Cunningham's Law got me. if you do want to learn more, try books.