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To: Modernman
The Bible is not a physics or biology textbook.

Yes. But you will soon be exposed to the views of those who think otherwise. Brace yourself.

31 posted on 10/07/2003 7:39:03 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Or try "Virtual Ignore.")
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To: PatrickHenry
Yes. But you will soon be exposed to the views of those who think otherwise. Brace yourself.

I've never really understood this need by Biblical literalists to be, well, literal about the Bible. Especially when faced with real-world evidence to the contrary. The way I see it, Genesis is a creation story as told to a technologically primitive people who had a very limited understanding of physics, biology, chemistry etc. As our understanding of science increases, we can flesh out the very general description of the Beginning given to us in Genesis.

35 posted on 10/07/2003 7:46:32 AM PDT by Modernman ("Oh, you all talk big but who here has the guts to stop me!" -Mr. Burns)
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