The Bible is generally believed to be the very word of God-that is, words that were spoken by God at different ages through different people and mediums for the benefit of man. For this reason, its contents are taken to be sacred, true, and enduring forever. Hence, the thought of doing intensive academic works on the various positions of the Bible is hardly done. This is perhaps to avoid questioning the words of God. You either believe the Bible to be true or question it and be looked upon as an unbeliever. On the other hand, and unlike religion where one has to believe before seeing (because God has said it even when you are not sure that it is God that had said it), science is seeing before believing. Science is a fact that has been tested and proven to be true with the ways and methods of carrying out the tests or experiments clearly written down for anyone who cares to try the process.