Science vs. Creationism ... no need to fight boys
I love science! I adore it, there is SO much to learn about life, the universe and everything. And I am Catholic, so there's the whole belief in God thing going on. Here's the thing: I don't buy the whole Bible-must-be-taken-literally hooha. In fact I was taught by the brothers in Catholic high school NOT to take the Bible literally -- especially the Old Testament. I was taught that the books of the Bible were written at all different times and that the stories recorded therein are teaching stories -- the way that Jesus taught by parables. Based on oral traditions handed down through generations with a probable bit of truth here and there (since every culture has a flood story that probably happened for example) but not these stories are not literal verbatim archives of what happened down to the minute. I mean come on really did people live to be 900 hundred years old? Seriously? In my classes that notion was one of wisdom not actual years. I was also taught ...