Somewhere I remember that some Hindus state the universe is 691 billion years old although from what I understand most reckon the universe to be eternal.
Now if they and the YEC's could just come to a compromise, let's say 13.5 billion years, then all would be well with the universe (so far as age) IMHO.
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen
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