Oh, christ! Why do I bother?!
I think you are confusing the year 2000 with what (as you say)
:"fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'" believe. You have
heard of (as I'm sure they have) B.C. right? We're only 2000 years into A.D. &
nobody I have ever heard of is claiming that was the beginning.
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, amy wolf wrote:
> fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'....
> i mean maybe the 2000 is an exaggeration. i think some people think it's
> like 55,000 years old, but even still, i'm pretty sold on the whole
> millions of years old idea ;) maybe it's because of lack of faith in the
> bible but i can't accept that God invented our Earth that soon of a time
> ago. what about dinosaurs? are they made up? has anyone seen a bird?
> has anyone seen animals? plants? i look at these extinct animals; i look
> at these evolved animals and i think "oh my god they resemble something
> less evolved millions of years ago." i can't accept that these old old
> creatures don't even exist and that these old creatures didn't have an
> impact on how life is now.
> - amy
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> > "Supposedly ONLY 2000 years old" to whom?
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