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I think your biggest problem is that you seem to fundamentally misunderstand what constitutes a historical source, how historians approach these sources, and what historical evidence is. I'd suggest you read something like Marc Bloch's The Historian's Craft or Carr's What is History? to get a better grasp on these issues. Alternatively, you can seek out some scholarly work in Biblical history or other works on ancient history to get a better idea of how specifically historians in those fields approach their sources, and what their methods looks like.
The Historian's Craft by Marc Bloch is a good start, in my opinion.
"That simply seems like a poor methodology. At some point, we have to draw a line for what is sufficient evidence."
For the love of all that is holy, NO!!! One should ALWAYS assume bias with ANY historic account and thus there should be almost no such thing as "sufficient" to remove all skepticism.
Read this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Historians-Craft-Reflections-Techniques/dp/0394705122
For the innocent and at the same time fundamental question, "what is history actually good for?", I would recommend:
Marc Bloch: The Historian's Craft (Apologie pour l'histoire ou métier d'historien)
Written by Marc Bloch, a historian, french patriot, jew and member of the Resistance during the german annexation of France. He was killed by the bullets of a german firesquad in 1944, mere weeks before D-Day. For me, he is sort of a historian "rolemodel", standing up for his convictions both in academic controversy and in matters of life and death, while never giving in to blind "ideologism" and always putting forward a sincere wish to understand.