Read USMA:24329, below, which was written by John Schweisthal (kilopascal).
Then ask him -- preferably off list. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij >Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:09 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:24338] RE: Evolution -- NOT AN SI TOPIC > > >Hi Bill: >If Adam and Eve are 'human forefathers'; what does "The aliens >..." mean? We >remain aliens till our minds meet! >Regards, >Brij B. Vij TIME: to think >Metric!<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><And Calendar too> > >>From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [USMA:24330] RE: Evolution -- NOT AN SI TOPIC >>Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:49:31 -0800 >> >>John: >> >>I was with you all the way until the sentence starting with "The aliens >>..." >> >>At that point, you and I parted company -- in a big way. >> >>'Nuff said. >> >>Bill Potts, CMS >>Roseville, CA >>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >> >Behalf Of kilopascal >> >Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 15:40 >> >To: U.S. Metric Association >> >Subject: [USMA:24329] RE: Evolution >> > >> > >> >2003-01-02 >> > >> >If I'm not mistaken, the Hebrew word Yom, which is translated as >> >Day has two >> >meanings. >> > >> >One is a literal 24 h day, from sunset to sunset. (I'm not sure if the >> >daylight part of the day is also called Yom) >> > >> >The other is a long period of time, such as an era or epoch. >> > >> >The Bible is not clear as to which meaning is meant. >> > >> >One thing is certain, either the translators of Genesis did a bad job or >> >there is some very poor logic in the order of things. God >created space, >> >the earth (no other stars or planets), light, day and night all on >> >the first >> >day, but did not create the sun and stars until the third day. >> >So, what was >> >the source of the light between the creation of light on the first >> >day until >> >the sun was created on the third day? And how do we measure day and >>night >> >without the sun? >> > >> >Also, it appears that space was (and still is) filled with >water. On the >> >second day God created a dome over the earth to separate the >waters above >> >the dome from the waters below (sea, oceans). This makes no >> >sense. We know >> >this is not true. >> > >> >And folks, this is what the teachers of "Intelligent Design" want us to >> >believe. >> > >> >If I'm not mistaken, the Greeks and other cultures believed that the >> >physical world came out of chaos. This seems like a simple way of >> >expressing the big bang and evolution. >> > >> >I believe that our ancestors knew the truth, but somewhere the truth >>became >> >corrupted and misinterpreted. The aliens who came here some 10 >000 years >> >ago and re-engineered the evolved life on this planet must have >known how >> >the universe was created and taught it to our ancestors. But, over time >> >what was taught became corrupted and we have what remains. >Only a small >> >grain of the truth shines through. >> > >> >John >> > >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Thursday, 2003-01-02 14:51 >> >Subject: [USMA:24323] RE: Evolution >> > >> > >> >> Marcus: >> >> >> >> Do you believe that God created everything in six days, or in a few >> >> billion years? >> >> -- >> >> Joseph B. Reid >> >> 17 Glebe Road West >> >> Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 >> >> >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months >http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup >
