Reply #49: well, yes [View All]

I just think it is arrogant for anyone to imagine that they know what a "year" means to God.

Religion is an attempt to develop intellectual constructs to make sense of the unknown and the unknowable. People use the language, the words and the concepts that they have available to them at any given time. Therefore, literal belief and debunking of literal belief are equally off the mark.

Many modern Christians have turned God into a Mafia don in the sky, Jesus into a used car salesman or motivational speaker, and fantasy into reality.

The spritual and allegorical truth of the Bibilical story of creation is powerful and true for me nevertheless. The fossil evidence is compelling as well, of course, given that I am a rational being. I don't see a conflict between the two. I know the difference between the sheet of paper that a musical score is written on and the music itself. Does music "soar?" Sure. But not by tossing the score out of a second story window and into the breeze.

"Render unto Caesar..." is talking about more than just taxes.