[PatrickHenry]

Head-shaking ping. [This ping list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and sometimes for other science topics. FReepmail me to be added or dropped.]

[RadioAstronomer]

Why is it that some folks (yes even some scientists) try to force fit the observed data into a story written thousands of years ago instead of using that data to formulate a model that best fits the gathered/observed data.

[ASA Vet]

Totally unrelated but the title reminded me of a book, "The Jesus Factor."

The plot was that while developing the atomic bomb, Israel
discovered that a moving (bomb, missle, arty warhead,)
fission device can't work.
The US, of course, already knew, and was faking having workable nukes.

[Dog Gone]

There are any number of problems with this rationalization, not the least of which is that Earth didn't even exist during most of the universe's history.