The Great Flood doesn't have an exact date because it is a mythology...a parable...a story.
I actually went out on a limb and read Sam's link.....this story seems completely bogus and without merit. Which is too bad, because I'm always lookin' for an excuse to whale on fundamentalist dipshits. On 1/4/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is not, to suppress such information is a violation. Should your public > library not offer the bible or other books with religious ideas? Why don't > we just get rid of the fiction section while we are at it, those aren't > based in Scientific fact backed by scholarly sources, so clearly they have > no places being provided for by the government. > > Science cannot prove that the creation of the Grand Canyon was not caused > by > the Great flood, because the great flood is something that doesn't have > exact dates, and the time frame associated with the bible doesn't directly > translate to the time frame we speak of in scientific terms. > > Or scientific terms use things like revolutions and rotations of the > earth. > When the bible was written many thought the earth was the center of the > universe and everything rotated around it. You are also assuming that the > great flood was a single event, that the entire earth was covered with > water > and a few days later it was gone and Noah and the rest of the animals > repopulated the earth. > > The 1st amendment claims congress can't make allow respecting an > establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof. Making a law that > removed religious texts is more against the separation, than allowing them > ever could be. > > The intent is not to prevent the spread of religion, but to not make one > person worth less because of his beliefs. > -- Señores y señoras: Nosotros tenemos más influencia con sus hijos que tú tienes, pero los queremos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
