On the origin of education: Evolution in British schools

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highwaystar101 said:

@ The debate people are having about the literal meaning of the bible.

I don't want to sound like I'm having a go here, and I really don't want to be, so I'll try and make this as friendly as possible, but I do think that the literal meaning of the bible is a bit of a pick and choose to suit affair.

I recall having a conversation once where the guy I was debating evolution with claimed that the reason some fossils are buried so deep is because Noahs flood buried them. I said I cant believe that a flood of that scale occurred and that every creature could fit on one boat and he replied saying the story wasn't meant to be taken literally. So the same story can be taken literally in one sense but not in another? That's one example of dozens I've heard.

I understand that much debate exists within the Christian community about what is supposed to be taken literally and what is not, so it is fair to give the debate the benefit of the doubt in that situation of what is literal. But sometimes it is a little confusing lol.

There really isn't a debate though.

It's like saying their is a debate among muslims whether or not the religion means everyone should be terrorists against the west.

There is only a small group of the experts that believe in literealism.

Basically evangelicals, jehovah's witnesses, mormans and that's it.

Every other Priest or Rabbi will tell you it's not litereal.