Thanks so much for those links...I have saved those sites for further study...now, the St. Augustin excerpt I have read before(thanks to Patrick Henry for guiding me initially to it), and its a wonderful, simply edifying passage, and it bears repeating, and should be read and understood by all..and yes, all the more remarkable, because having been written so long ago, its all the more relevant today...thanks for your input to my really 'lacking' scientific mind, it helps when those well informed put up with my obvious lack of scientific understanding...
The quote by Saint Augustine is visionary, bordering on the prophetic. It underscores for me that there is nothing new under the sun.