I just find it unfathomable
that people can seriously believe that the earth is only 4000 years old or whatever it is they think.

how someone can actually believe that, and yet go through life using modern technology without shrieking "aaarrrgh! witchcraft!" every few minutes, is beyond me!

I'm fully prepared to accept that there is some kind of divine being should one show their face(s), but I also believe it when a huge consensus of smart people tell me that the earth is 4.5 billion years old because they can offer a reason for it. might not be right, but at least it's better than "because I have faith" or "because that's what some bugger wrote in this here book"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 16:57, Reply)