[shubi]

Humor is the best way to point out human foibles.

I happen to be a Christian and a Bible scholar. So, if you don't want to hear about the flaws in literalist interpretation, fine.

I also know that too many people who think they are being good Christians are being duped into ruining science education in this country.

We can't have that. In the 20 years I have tried to teach people the science, not one creationist has ever stopped repeating the scam artist nonsense back to me, after I patiently exposed it as a complete fraud. I now am exposing the literalist Bible view as complete nonsense also.

What is disappointing is people trying to corrupt the Gospel with misinterpretation of Genesis.

[SalukiLawyer]

We can't have that. In the 20 years I have tried to teach people the science, not one creationist has ever stopped repeating the scam artist nonsense back to me, after I patiently exposed it as a complete fraud. I now am exposing the literalist Bible view as complete nonsense also.

Well, I dunno that it is any of my business if a Christian wants to believe in six days or God with a long beard or whatever. I guess I just don't see what it hurts. I have learned to respect someone's Christian faith as a precious and sometimes delicate thing. There comes a point when winning the argument isn't worth the sick feeling you get later on when you wonder if you caused someone to stumble, and wonder about the role of your own vainglory in the debate. I am not a Bible scholar, nor an evolutionary scientist, and could only call myself a Christian through self-flattery. But I do argue for a living and have learned what a vanity and chasing after the wind that can be.