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Let me explain something children...not once did I claim that 1.) there is no god or 2.) that we weren't "created". My apologies if you took that inferance, I should have been more clear. But, even if we were "created" then you can't possibly deny that we have improved upon the original human model. Whether it be physical or mental (take a look at a homo erectus skull and the tools they used and tell me we haven't come a long way) it's still a little thing I like to call progression or evolution. Here in Kansas a few years ago for a short while they banned the teaching of evolution in school as curriculum and guess what. We became the laughing stock of the country and a good part of Europe. That tells me that, as this country's occupants are overwhelmingly Christian, many Christians buy into this theory. But it's just a theory. Remember, I said I was an agnostic. I don't have the answers and won't clame to but I know what I've seen with my eyes. And, if I'm to interprit the bible correctly, if everything starts with Adam and Eve then we're essentially all inbred products of incestuous relationships. If that doesn't give you trouble sleeping I don't know what will. Also, on a side note, you'd be the distant offspring of someone too stupid to realize not to take fruit from a talking snake. Blood clotting...is that seriously the best you've got? You're talking about millions of years...I think just about anything is possible in that amount of time. I don't doubt that there are quite a few things that are true in the bible...it was written quite a while after jesus died. But finding a tablet mentioned in it doesn't prove that god made workers at the tower of babylon speak in tongues to prevent them from reaching heaven. When you fly on an airline do you see heaven cruising at 35,000 feet? These people threw stones at their own shadows and died of old age and fear at 35...you're gonna take their word for it? And why is it that 2,000 years ago when god spoke to someone it was important enough to put in a big book but today they're usually schizophrenic? Kind of a double standard that spans two millenia, huh? As for faith, you're right. I don't have any. Faith requires following blindly and not asking any questions. Do all of you Roman catholics believe that women shouldn't be allowed to give mass? Do you agree with everything that captain popetastic says? Do you know why priests can't get married...and do you agree with it? Well...question any of the church's edicts and you've lost your faith because if god is truely infallible then all of his laws and rules would be too. Question him and you have doubts, not faith. So either follow blindly like sheep or start to ask questions. Trust me...I had 19 years of prep on this stuff. My father was a priest before he left and got married so I have quite a thorough understanding of religion, especially catholicism so I'm not just talking out of my ass. And my own thoughts are hard to accept since, after my father died, I wasn't sure where he'd end up. It's not that I'm saying you guys are wrong...I don't know. But you shouldn't claim to know either. Nothing in life is absolute. Your brain will interprit everything your senses take it however it wants. Just make sure you don't take it at face value. Everybody needs something to believe but not to follow. There's a big difference.