Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [RELIGION] creation myths

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
>
> > Your question of "Why take it seriously at all?" is an attempt at the 
> > rhetorical.  It's a failed attempt.  You know very well that people 
> > do, and mostly WHY.
>
>
> We don't know exactly why, but part of it is probably that people don't 
> poke fun at your ideas nearly as often as they should.
>
> You might think I am evil...
>
> http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/pics/20031101_Halloween/PB020069.jpg

Adorable :)

> ...but I'm not.  I just have a sense of humor and I'm wise enough not to 
> take seriously the unfounded idea that people were created from the 

Again, your belief. I believe it to be founded.

> Earth by a supreme being 6,000 years ago.

This is a Mormon figure you're probably quoting: 
http://www.algonet.se/~daba/lds/endworld.htm (fun read)

The figure I've more often heard was 10,000 years.

This also doesn't account for those who believe the first 7 days were 
metaphorical and that they were macro-time, during which the fossil 
record and aged earth evidence you like to point to occurred.

> Mike
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