Evolution and fun stuff

[Sethomas]

I'd just say that their little flame war has convoluted metaphysical philosophy into such an abstraction that it's pointless and stupid. And Kahl, you can't compress stones into gold. Gold was formed by fusion under high pressure in the stellar core of early star systems. It was left behind when the early stars became nubulae, thus eventually was picked up in the gas clouds that were to become the planets.

Ror, I could have sworn I remember you arguing on the old boards something about how the nature of amino acids makes it highly unlikely that proteins could arise in nature. Perhaps I'm thinking of someone else. I could have a dandy time arguing how sola scriptura is asinine, but even if one embraces such a belief system there's nothing preventing one from adapting his interpretation of scripture, namely the Hexameron, by understanding the WHY and FOR WHOM-type questions that may be posed on the bible. I'm versed well enough in Christian faith to know that it can accomodate scientific reason perfectly well, and I fail to understand the appeal of any tennent of faith that stands in stark contrast to the obvious truth. And don't tell me that the fossil record was planted by God or Satan to test our faith.