Have any Biblical literalists been to the American Southwest?

The motive might be religious, but the question itself--Was there a flood?--is scientific in nature.

I would disagree with the idea that any question is scientific in nature. Some are, some aren't."Should I help my neighbor?" is not a scientific question.But "Was there a flood?" definitely is.

But I will tell you this. I never saw a man in the moon.What I saw was a covered wagon with smoke coming out of it.I still see it. And anyone who doesn't see it has been programmed to see a man in the moon.This message has been edited by robinrohan, 09-08-2005 11:40 PM

Faith, I accept evolution on the evidence, but one always has to keep an open mind, in my opinion. But, to be frank, I don't see why theism and evolution could not fit together.After all, nobody really knows for sure about the big question. I'm attracted to the historical argument--now out of favor--that every culture has always believed in some sort of God. To me, that's significant. It either says something about humanity (we are creatures that tend to believe in God) or it says something about the universe (there is a God).

I was just making the obvious point that such a question is, in fact, scientific. Nosyned says that that question was resolved in the negative 2 centuries ago, which would be circa 1805, and I accept his
conclusion. I don't know myself. I haven't seen the data.That's the way it is on this forum. You have to keep coming back to first principles. That's good in some ways, bad in others.It's good if one wants to keep an element of doubt in one's mind about everything, which I think is intellectually healthy.It's bad if one is trying to get some information on some specific topic, and one keeps getting enterfered with by general questions.Your English is great.

Yeah. And get rid of those smiley faces.You have the authority of various illustrious folks:Holmes
Parasomnium(I'm not sure how Faith feels about the smiley faces. But my guess is Faith doesn't use them).