There are many aspects of the Bible that can be proven using science.
The Flood - There exists great sections of water beneath the surface of the Earth that have erupted in floods. The Scab-lands are geological proof of a flood created by the collapse of the ice dam of a large, melting glacier. Regional rains fed by a replenishing hydro-cycle can cause long duration rains. There is evidence of multiple major floods in history all over the world.
Parting of the Red Sea - A geological event, we call them earthquakes could have shifted the seabed so it raised above sea level for a relatively short period of time. Part of the same even could have also caused it to sink back down.
Fire Tornado - Convection currents and burning material can cause fire tornadoes - pick any forest fire for an example.
Sodom & Gomorrah - There are a few different natural events that can cause a rain of fire and brimstone. Volcanoes, asteroid impacts lava pit explosions.
Pillar of salt - when you dry out a human body, salt is the residue left over. The human body is made up of mostly water...salt water. Think Saline solution.
Garden of Eden - before humans started polluting the planet the ecology was pristine. There are still pockets of pristine ecology to be found on this planet but as soon as humans invade it, it becomes polluted.
Miracles of religion can be explained in various ways both scientifically and by faith. Few personal experiences can be explained scientifically. Especially those that deal with perception. One person sees a ghost and another sees nothing.
To prove that ghost is real, it needs to be measured and tested.
Since it can't be measured and tested it is purely perceptional.
Perceptions can be delusional. Illusions reinforced by fantasy.
The original Bible itself was written by the hand of man. From the mind of man using man made materials. Those scrolls are deteriorated and frail. If they were the Word of God intended to be followed by all mankind, they would have divine qualities, would not deteriorate and fade with time. Or, Is God not so powerful that He can't keep His Word from falling into ruin?
The concept that God told man what to write is another case of perceptional delusion. Not only is there nobody alive today that experienced these Divine instructions, there is nobody alive today that witnessed the writing. Its all taken on faith.
Faith is the ability to believe something as truth that one has not witnessed. Most of science is faith. With science tho, the faith is reinforced by reality. Reality that can be observed, measured and tested, by anyone.
Faith is comforting. Reality is harsh. The way I see it, if you get comfort from faith you should be allowed to do so. Likewise, if you get comfort from reality, you should be allowed to do so.
As for the 6,000 year age of the Earth?
One must ignore tree rings, No there are no trees that I know of that are older than 6,000 years. Its the science behind tree rings that is cause for consideration.
Anyone that has seen the Grand Canyon or other canyon can see the sedimentary deposits that are laid down over time. From the current layer of the present to the most ancient layers at the bottom. Samples can be taken from those ancient layers and different qualities of the nature of the material can be measured and tested.
Using known isotope decay rates, one can measure the amount of decay in a sample and determine how much time has passed for it to have that rate. Carbon Dating is a basis for this science but carbon dating is not accurate. It can't reveal a specific year but what it can reveal is a geological time period.
Isotope Radioactive Decay Half-Life
Polonium-215 = 0.0018 seconds
Bismuth-212 = 60.5 seconds
Sodium-24 = 15 hours
Iodine-131 = 8.07 days
Cobalt-60 = 5.26 years
Radium-226 = 1600 years
Uranium-238 = 4.5 billion years
The term half-life is defined as the time it takes for one-half of the atoms of a radioactive material to disintegrate.
Its something that can be measured and duplicated.
If the Earth and all of creation is only 6,000 years old, explain Uranium-238?
Uranium-238 does exist, but it shouldn't in such a short lifespan.
But lets just say that scientist invented Uranium-238 just to mess with religion. Uranium-238 has been found in Moon samples and meteorites.
By comparison, Noah's Ark is 'believed' to be on Mt Ararat in Turkey. The actual fact is that it is believed to be there and believed to be Noah's Ark. I've yet to see any paper on the actual discovery with measurements or evidence.
Yeah, that's the place...
A team of evangelical Christian explorers claim they've found the remains of Noah's ark beneath snow and volcanic debris on Turkey's Mount Ararat
Lets look at this headline from a scientific reference.
The key point is that it was found by "Evangelical Christian Explorers".
Part of the process of scientific process is that it needs to be validated by independent processes.
A Christian looking for Christian artifacts will find Christian artifacts. If the same discovery were made by paleontologists or physicists it would hold more weight as evidence. But the discovery is not even a discovery, it is a supposition.
What gets me is a discovery of this magnitude would solidify religion but it is still a belief, not a reality. Wouldn't you think that God would want us to find empirical proof? Or...is that beyond His power as well?
As for miracles, have you ever heard of the term techno-mage? A techno-mage uses technology to make his acts seem like magic. The biggest factor siding with the awe of a techno-mage is that the witnesses 'believe' it is magic. The magic may not even be caused by their technology, it could be that they take credit for things that occur and the witnesses belief carries the fantasy.
The real science of nanotechnology promises techno-mage abilities.
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Two things, There are a lot of rich people that are religious and a camel can be passed thru the eye of a needle. This is because we have the technology to separate and manipulate the genome of animals. A chromosome will easily fit thru the eye of a needle. You could even put a blue whale thru the eye of a needle.
Ya know, I have no problem with you or anyone else having faith in your religion. If it makes your life complete, who am I to care.
What I do care about is having your religion forced upon me without a basis in reality.