Azim
I thank you for asking me pertinent questions.
First of all I am not a Christian but some kind of unitarian. I have the greatest respect for Christianity which, as a European, I know well. But I believe Christianity has borrowed from pagan religions in its origins.
When you talk about claims with no proof that I make I would like you to be more precise because those claims could be:
1) true with no proofs given
2) true with proofs given or about to be given
3) untrue, with no proofs of course.
If I tell you now the earth rotates around the sun it is case n#1.
Nearly all my claims belong to 1 and 2.
It may happen that I blunder and make an untrue claim as I am not perfect, only God is.
Why did I mention Christians and evolution together ? Because some on this forum think evolution is only a belief of atheists and is not accepted by religious people. The contrary is true.
You are talking about the belief in evolution by Christians in the United States, which is a peculiar situation, and you oppose that argument to me who is speaking of that belief with Christians the world over.
The Catholics, who are the majority of Christians, have accepted evolution. Most of the Protestants also. Of course fundamentalist Christians, of which there are many in the States, believe in creationism.
In Europe we are amazed that such a belief from our "dark ages" has resurfaced. Americans that believe in creationism are being mocked in the media and many Europeans think that it is proof that Americans are a little bit intellectually backward (it is an opinion that I personally do not agree with).
I don't understand what you mean by "the fact that you base your whole belief on the teachings of the book" (the Bible, I think), because I don't do that.
Could you elaborate on "discard everything that doesn't make sense to you is pretty arrogant", because I don't know if you refer to me or to Christians who distinguish between what is mythical and what is not.