[Iscool]

Those who insist that it's the literal truth have to discard much of astronomy, physics, geology, and biology to prop up their faith. It seems to me that any faith that requires one to bury one's head in the sand about facts and science is driven by fear and weakness, not by strength.

Uh, you got it backwards...I have much more faith in the words of God than I do the theories of scientists...True science will line up with the bible, not oppose it...

[ek_hornbeck]

Uh, you got it backwards...I have much more faith in the words of God than I do the theories of scientists...True science will line up with the bible, not oppose it...

In other words, nuclear physics isn't "true science" because the concept of radioactive decay and our measurements of its processes contradict a literal interpretation of the Bible.

The scientific theories that you dismiss can be tested with observation and measurement. Some stand, others fall (flogiston and Lamarckian inheritance don't have many followers these days). The claims of Biblical literalists never fall because those who adhere to them are completely impervious to any fact or observation that contradicts them.