From: Bob Badour on
Andrew Floyd wrote:

> Connectivity: 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon ^_^
>
> Useless fact: The Mormons believe we are all related if you look back
> far enough in time, that is.

Um, so do the Catholics and the Protestants and the Jews and anyone who
believes the book of Genesis.
From: Dolphinius on
On 24 Aug, 14:49, Bob Badour <bbad...(a)pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Andrew Floyd wrote:
> > Connectivity: 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon ^_^
>
> > Useless fact: The Mormons believe we are all related if you look back
> > far enough in time, that is.
>
> Um, so do the Catholics and the Protestants and the Jews and anyone who
> believes the book of Genesis.

However, not all Christians believe that the book of Genesis is meant
to be interpreted literally.

I don't understand why, when Jesus taught in parables a lot of the
time, so many Christians believe that everything in the bible is meant
to be taken literally.

Dolphinius
(Male, mid-thirties, UK, self-diagnosed AS)
From: astri on
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Bob Badour wrote:
> Andrew Floyd wrote:
>
>> Useless fact: The Mormons believe we are all related if you look
>> back far enough in time, that is.
>
> Um, so do the Catholics and the Protestants and the Jews and anyone
> who believes the book of Genesis.

and so do those who "believe in" mitochondrial eve.

-- astri

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From: Bob Badour on
astri wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Bob Badour wrote:
>
>> Andrew Floyd wrote:
>>
>>> Useless fact: The Mormons believe we are all related if you look
>>> back far enough in time, that is.
>>
>>
>> Um, so do the Catholics and the Protestants and the Jews and anyone
>> who believes the book of Genesis.
>
> and so do those who "believe in" mitochondrial eve.

Why the scare quotes?
From: astri on
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Bob Badour wrote:
> astri wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, Bob Badour wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew Floyd wrote:
>>>
>>>> Useless fact: The Mormons believe we are all related if you look
>>>> back far enough in time, that is.
>>>
>>>
>>> Um, so do the Catholics and the Protestants and the Jews and anyone
>>> who believes the book of Genesis.
>>
>> and so do those who "believe in" mitochondrial eve.
>
> Why the scare quotes?

used the same grammatical construction, but don't really think that
this kind of belief (aka faith) is really an issue regarding acceptance
of scientific findings. but maybe it is.

-- astri

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