[jlogajan]

I've never understood the dichotomy b/w the two arguments.

It is not really science per se that fundies fear -- it is that science is diverging from literal interpretation of the Bible. It is a "literalist" issue from start to finish.

If the Bible isn't literal in toto, then where is it literal and where is it allegorical? Can you imagine the mental panic of those who just lost the safety of their certainty???

[yendu bwam]

If the Bible isn't literal in toto, then where is it literal and where is it allegorical? Can you imagine the mental panic of those who just lost the safety of their certainty???

But what if, jlogjan, part of it is allegorical, yet therein still lies God's truth. Imagine what you would be thinking if you were discover that one day...

[That Subliminal Kid]

Can you imagine the mental panic of those who just lost the safety of their certainty???

I suspect that this is the very reason you are so angry and defensive and insulting to people. The loss of your certainty is probably your deepest, darkest most sadistic nightmare.