I was taught that way and it never took away from my science education. I learned about dinosaurs and the scientific timeline and the issues of how to square Creation and the million-year-plus timeline were discussed in my Jewish classes, but we learned the science and understood it, passed the tests, and I see no problem at all.
As for evolution, people forget that evolution is a theory and theories evolve as well. : ) There are similarities between apes and men but this does not mean that men evolved from apes. It just means that God built animals and men from similar templates and made a few choice changes. Science is constantly changing and being reevaluated (as it should be) -- but it cannot shake my religious beliefs. Judith ----- Original Message ----- > 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? > > 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? > > 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 Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140143 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
