> Of course at a certain point this becomes nigh impossible. > > How could such a course be constructed, for example, to appease biblical > literalists? Was the Earth created 4 billion years ago or 6 thousands > years > ago? Does it really matter? I mean lets be real here. If your a geologist or paleantologist then maybe, but otherwise....
> And, as arguments I've heard go, God created the Earth 6,000 years ago to > LOOK four billion years old what's the point of bringing it up? Or the flood squashed things to make it seem like aging to the science we have now. Or our measurments of time are off (they have been reworked a few times already). > There are, I think, fundamental issues (especially when dealing with > fundamentalists) with the mixture of religion and science that each person > must address with their family or clergy. I don't believe that these can > be > wholly addressed in science class and any attempt to will simply take time > away from the purpose of the class. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140134 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
