PLEASE READ. 1. The Bible is to be taken literally. 2. Those in opposition to my claim, must prove that these claims do not discredit the Bible. 3. The existence of a God proves these claims, however the existence of God has not been proven so he can't be used to validate these claims. 4. An example of a claim I am speaking of would be the serpent speaking to Eve in GE 3:1-5 or the parting of the Red Sea.
Let me say first, as an agnostic atheist my intentions in this argument is not to back you into a corner, this isn't a "gotcha" question. If someone can prove me wrong in the claim that the absurdities in the Bible do not discredit it, I'll concede 100%. Now on to my case.
First. In today's world, we have no evidence of serpents talking, this has never recent recorded history, there is no record of a serpent speaking human language. So it is not illogical to assume that a book written thousands of years ago that makes the claim, a serpent and woman verbally communicated, is inaccurate.
Second. God has the ability to make a serpent speak right? Sure, but other than the Bible there is no other account of this happening again in history, EVER. Because of the fact that these claims have no historical precedent they actively discredit the Bible as being a credible source.