" but simply because some things existed in the time period the Bible was written doesn't make it not a fairy tale. "

Again back to my point that it is simply ignorance \ lack of understanding \ lack of research and study - whatever you want to call it if someone thinks the entire Bible is made up. The fact is MOST notible historians would agree that the Bible is a useful historical document(s). That the people, places, and certain events happened or existed as described in the Old and New testements is verifiable fact. That doesn't PROVE anything about the validity of the claims made about God or who Jesus claimed he was, or about any supernatural events - but that was not my point.


"And actually I think it may be easier for the others to prove much of the Bible is fiction due to the lack of physical evidence that it is not. "

You may think so, but it simply wouldn't be true. Simply having a lack of physical evidence is rarely enough to prove an alleged historical account is fiction. Many events in the Bible are beyond our comprehension, hard to beleive, humanly impossible, etc etc - but you can neither prove nor disprove them - hence you either have faith or you don't.