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From: Bob Badour on 24 Aug 2008 09:49 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 24 Aug 2008 11:34 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 24 Aug 2008 14:07 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 ====================== to email send to astri ====================== at volcano dot org ======================
From: Bob Badour on 24 Aug 2008 14:24 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 24 Aug 2008 14:47 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 ====================== to email send to astri ====================== at volcano dot org ======================
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