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To: pikachu
I've been told all the bones before homo erectus ever found will fit easily into one phone booth. Hard to conclusively base millions of years of evolution on so little evidence.

How much evidence is there that proves the Biblical version of creation is more valid than any other? Say, the Hindu one?

The most celebrated of these is the hymn that contains the earliest known reference to varna. Creation is the result of the sacrifice of Purusha (Man), the primeval being, who is all that exists, including “whatever has been and whatever is to be.” When Purusha, who had “a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet” was sacrificed, the clarified butter that resulted was made into the beasts which inhabit the earth. This same sacrifice produced the gods, Indra (the menacing king of gods), Agni (Fire), Vayu (Wind), as well as the Sun and the Moon. From Purusha’s navel the atmosphere was born; his head produced the heaven; his feet produced the earth; his ear the sky. The four varnas were born too: the mouth was the brahman (priest); the arms the kshatriya (warrior); the thigh the vaishya (general populace); the feet the shudra (servant).

80 posted on 06/01/2006 3:09:39 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (Karen Ryan reporting...)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
The most celebrated of these is the hymn that contains the earliest known reference to varna... etc.

Hmmm, interesting story. Makes about as much sense as Darwin. (Plus, you could say, it's got beat and you can dance to it!)

87 posted on 06/01/2006 3:17:29 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

Sounds like you are now basing your argument upon faith in what you believe and a smidgen of what is in your opinion "hard evidence". In which case, evolution is no more a science than Christianity and offers no promises of things ever improving, while Christianity offers the hope of Salvation through the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and eternal life.

If we are wrong, we end up no worse off than you, whereas if you are wrong........................


93 posted on 06/01/2006 3:22:52 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Dear US Senators, Reps. and Mr. President: Why are y'all abetting the destruction of our culture?)
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