In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

No evolution in
science class. The fundies had wiped the slate clean - no dinosaurs, no
ancient earth at all. Even sanitized geology! Nothing to pollute the
minds of the impressionable youngsters. After getting out of high
school, I read the forbidden stuff on evolution and geology and age of
the earth. Such innocent stuff to be so dangerous.

Mike:

Try this:

Get out a Bible and read the first book of Genesis. Not a book of Bible stories
- get a Bible. Note that there are *two* creation stories - and they cannot
both be literally true, because they contradict each other on several points.
Most books of Bible stories blend the two storiesand edit out the obvious
contradictions.

I think Genesis is written that way as a signal from the Author to the reader
that the Book is not meant to be taken literally, but to be looked at as
explanations of Why and By Whom, not How and When. But that distinction is too
often lost on people.

73 de Jim, N2EY



73 de Jim, N2EY