JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx writes: : Re. "intelligent design" (and I really, really don't want to get that whole : thing going again, but I can't not tell this), a "reputed scholar" (I didn't : : ever get the name or where he was from, but the local Assemblies of God Churc : h : touted him as quite the academician ....) gave a lecture at said Church. : My Mother (who is normally quite educated and informed) came away from the : four hour "seminar" knowing now that it is scientifically supportable that th : e : universe is only a few thousand years old and that the Intelligent Design : literally took place in 7 24-hour days. : : I give up. : : Julie Krueger As I recall, there is a story---perhaps by H.G. Wells---in which God creates the world some 4004 years ago and creates all of the past and future at the same time. -- Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH EMAIL: junger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html