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"Ya. brings to mind the old hymn, "Oh G-d, Our Help In Ages Past". Relevant line: "A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone.""

An excellent example. Thanks. Sadly, that hymn is not as much in use as it once was.

You know, it's funny. I've noticed that the fire-breathing literalists tend to appear at the beginning of these threads, spew all over the place, and quietly disappear as the discussion begins to become more cogent and coherent, and begins to bring in logic and examples.

I don't usually like to criticize the opinions of others, but this is a repeating pattern and it isn't playing fair. If you (not you, MM, but the spewers of opinions) make a statement and someone respectfully asks you questions about it, you at least ought to have the decency to give answers. Not just slink away. It makes people think that you don't have any answers and were just spouting off.