ex-YECs -- a question

9th grade. Someone asked me a very simple question. "How did Noah fit all that animal on the ark?" Well, being a YEC and fundamentalist christian, I just stared at him dumbfounded.Nowadays, I'm sometimes amazed to find mature adults trying to ignore the impossibility of Noah's ark having the capacity to carry 2 of every air breathing land animal on Earth, not to mention the food supply for everyone and every animal on board for at least 40 days and 40 nights.Anyway, back to 9th grade. I just stared at him until the bell rang and I left for class. That very simple question triggered a chain reaction. I began to ask the question, "where can I find the list of events in the bible to ignore and events to take literally?" The preacher that came to our school every Wed-ness day said that everything was to be taken literally and that it was possible for Noah to fit 2 of every animal on Earth on the ark because god could do everything. Well, that satisfied my curiosity for about 1 minute.On that day, it occured to me that everything my preacher had to offer was "goddunit". He actually didn't know much about anything (I talked to him some more later on).I stopped going to his bible study sessions and it was a slipery slope from then on This message has been edited by Lam, 01-07-2005 22:51 AMThis message has been edited by Lam, 01-07-2005 22:52 AM

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Here is something to relieve stress.

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a + b = t
(a + b)(a - b) = t(a - b)
a - b = at - bt
a - at = b - bt
a - at + t/4 = b - bt + t/4
(a - t/2) = (b - t/2)
a - t/2 = b - t/2
a = b
Since all numbers are the same, math is useless.

Hell, no! Let just say that the last time I told my parents that I might not have the faith to get confirmed (Catholic), they threatened to disown me.I am now an atheist who looks like a really good and devout Catholic.