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Originally posted by richlevy
Some of it relates to health. Some of it to humaneness (is that a word)...
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Under the current administration, Rich.
On the religious book issue, I personally am not one to take religious texts word-for-word.
Pour example, G-d(who am I to break precedent) creating existance as we know it in 6 days.
Now I fully, with all my heart, believe that G-d could have, and still can do such a feat. But my own personal experience with asking Him for things and such have impressed upon me a sense that G-d is the end-all, be-all, long-term planner.
My theory is that when He told the story of Creation to the Israelites, He simplified. A lot. Let's face facts, the largest number an average person there could conceive is between 10,000 - 100,000. Who back then could possibly grasp the idea of a billion? It wasn't really until the Progressive Era that the average American was introduced to the idea of a billion somethings (Ol' J.P. Morgan and his loaning America money.)
As such, instead of waving His hand and judging His handiwork, He let things develop slowly and gave life's course a nudge here and there. Not pure evolution, but not pure Creationism either.
~Mike