[newguy357]

I eagerly await scientific evidence for:

* People living to be hundreds of years old * Talking bushes & serpents * Woman being created from the rib of a man * "Adam" & "Eve" being the first humans

And other such biblical phenomena

That is really not the issue. It comes down to whether or not one believes there really is a God who created everything. If yes, then how would that God have any trouble keeping people alive for hundreds of years or creating a woman from the rib of a man? If no, then of course it's all impossible. That's the issue.

As for whether or not the flood and creation are true, I think Pascal answers it wisely: "Shem, who saw Lamech, who saw Adam, saw also Jacob, who saw those who saw Moses; therefore the deluge and the creation are true. This is conclusive among certain people who understand it rightly."

[gdani]

That is really not the issue. It comes down to whether or not one believes there really is a God who created everything. If yes, then how would that God have any trouble keeping people alive for hundreds of years or creating a woman from the rib of a man? If no, then of course it's all impossible. That's the issue.

In other words, science text books could all be reduced down to one page of answers to explain all natural & supernatural phenomena with the answers consisting of any variation of "Because God did it" or "because God wanted it that way".

Sounds like science to me!

[orionblamblam]

>It comes down to whether or not one believes there really is a God who created everything.

Not really. One can believe in God and understand that God used natural, material forces (including evolution) to create the universe.

>"Shem, who saw Lamech, who saw Adam, saw also Jacob, who saw those who saw Moses; therefore the deluge and the creation are true. This is conclusive among certain people who understand it rightly."

"I heard from my cousin who heard from his neighbor who heard from his girlfriend who heard from her mom..."

> I think Pascal answers it wisely...

Bah. Pascal showed himself to be over-simplistic on the topic with his laughable Wager.