(July 6, 2011 at 8:19 pm)Anymouse Wrote: "If we have proved the Genesis story to be false in some manner, how can it be the Inspired Word of God ?
Ah, but Christians have learned to get around this for years now by declaring anything that doesn't make literal sense to be metaphorical.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell