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To: Katelew who wrote (83031)	9/9/2008 5:33:35 AM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541695

"They have no animus to science per se, just would like to have school children presented with the alternate concept that God may have created man." The problem I have with that is "Which version of God?" There are thousands of Gods in human history, personally I'm not too keen on teaching kids any version that does not include Thor, the God of Thunder. Other people may insist on including Shiva The Destroyer. The whole issue can be avoided if people would simply take their kids to Sunday school once in a while, or pack them off to Bible camp, as my parents did to me. There's no reason why kids can't learn about that stuff outside the confines of a public school. I'm fine with using the Bible in English classes as a work of literature, though, that King David was a damn fine poet.

To: Katelew who wrote (83031)	9/9/2008 8:15:37 AM
From: biotech_bull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541695

but most of the congregation is sitting there thinking 'yeah, whatever'. The point being that the membership is more curious and open to questioning things than you might think. Hi Kate, That's a great point - that a lot of churchgoers who believe in their God don't really buy all the religious symbolism. A good majority of the congregation is sitting there for the sense of community, tradition, structure and as a moral compass for their kids that their church provides. And many use their religion primarily as a metaphysical explanation for all the mysteries of Nature. Lastly there are those who look upon their religion as the last word - but unfortunately these are the ones that are the most vociferous and passionate and come to represent the entire segment, at least on a political level. BB

To: Katelew who wrote (83031)	9/9/2008 10:40:23 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541695

Katelew; I didn't quite follow what you mean by the antibiotic statement?? No? At the most basic level and at a level that evolves fast enough to impact humans on a daily basis, bugs develop new resistances to drugs that are designed to save us. That is evolution If you believe in creationism and that all life was created at one time and does not evolve - the simplest cheapest antibiotic would be just as good as the newer ones meant to attack bugs that did not exist but only a short time ago. While your definition of creationism is different between people, the one thing generally agreed on is that it does NOT believe in evolution. Well as I said bugs that attack us are evolving in front of our eyes. steve