sorry, didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings - just thought it a rather neat way to counteract some of the viewpoints proffered by those who do take the bible literally - in an effort to speak their language where they do not wish to consider ours - no offense iontended, but it is very difficult to have a rational discussion between people with different languages, and different belief systems etc. hilary Joe Thome wrote: > > David, > > My posting was simply to illustrate that you can't take the Bible literally......