[BaseballMan]

"We walk by faith and not by sight..." Digging through archaeological sights for the elusive ark and other such endeavors, then turning to a doubting or unbelieving world and saying, "See, see, we told you; we told you." I believe; therefore, evidence as the world counts it is non-essential. Flesh understands flesh; spirit understands spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:6-10
6So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

We walk by faith and not by sight is a present and future message. It means, as a believer, even though we don't know what will happen, even if it is hard, then we will go on. It means we are to do good in our earthly bodies because we know we will be judged. We will walk by faith, but not by which what we see. It has nothing to do with archaelogy or evolution.

Archaelogy has to do with historical things - things that have already happened. We can know that Jesus actually lived according to eyewitness biographies as well as secular documents. We can give great evidence for his resurrection according to minimal historical facts. We can also determine by scriptures that the world didn't evolve from primordial soup, and all the evidence - archeology, etc. - actually support a created young earth.

Evidence is essential, especially for historical claims. If there were no evidence for George Washington, then why we would teach he is our first president.