Reply #104: As an explanation of physical science?

[jberryhill]

Of course I reject it as a science text.

The parts about, say:

- women are responsible for all of the evil in the world

- it's a sign of "righteousness" to want to kill your infant son if voices in your head tell you to

- every animal is descended from a breeding group which disembarked from a boat in Turkey

are downright silly and stupid.

Now, if you ask me "Do I believe that a boy named Huck and a slave named Jim traveled the Mississippi River?", my answer is no. If you ask me if people take worthwhile inspiration from the story of Huck Finn, the answer is "Of course." Some people come away from the Bible with good ideas, and some people come away from it with ideas that are utterly atrocious.

I guess I just don't get your question, but I have indeed gotten into arguments with creationists, and there are habits of mind which are quite similar to those of no-planers, CD'ers, and so forth.