re: #36 marjoriemoon

From a Jewish perspective and I’m in no way a Torah scholar, but even as you know, Genesis is one of the more challenging books of the bible. Some take it literally, some do not. Whatever it is I do not understand, I put on the shelf until I can learn a bit more. I do believe, however, that the 6 days of creation may not have been 24 hour days, but millions of years which to me means that both “theories” (biblical theory and scientific theory being two completely different kinds of theories) can both be true.

Having said that, I do agree with you that teaching Genesis or any book of the Bible is not appropriate in public schools.

I’m going to put it more simple, clipping a part of my last comment…

My point, if you have a belief in a god, you better check your distaste for creationism at the door, because you are technically in the same boat with the creationist… a belief in a magical, mystical, mythical concept based on flawed foundation material (holy text).

Simple as that. You can’t no more prove scientifically that G-d exists than a creationist can prove that G-d could have created everything in one fell swoop, replete with all the science in place.

Suspicion of a person mental capabilities just because they don’t believe in evolution is akin to tagging someone as deviant, flawed, broke, in need of fixing, reeducation, enlightenment…

In that case, all believers better get in line, because they are coming for you next.