In a message dated 4/17/2004 11:02:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: BTW, unless one reads the Bible literally (which some do, of course), the Darwinian principles are quite compatible with Scripture. Unless you believe that the world was created in six twenty-four hour days. *** I've always wondered what the big deal is between the two. If God created the world in 6 days, I seriously doubt that he was using one of our clocks. His days could be millions of years long. I've always thought that the two 'stories' sort of dovetail together nicely and this is how I have explained it to my own children. Carrie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn