[trap]

Surely you know, Stuart, that I could turn all of that around on you. Just because it hasn't happened before or since, just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

I'll ignore the snide remark about intellect except for this: I will certainly admit to a limit to my intelligence as, according to my last Weschler, at least five percent of the population greatly exceeds mine in quantitative terms.

Christianity isn't necessarily as many here paint it to be. I happen to believe that evolution is one of the coolest things God created. I happen to believe the Old Testament was basically a guidebook allowing less than advanced people to survive. I believe some Biblical writings are rhetorical - meant as a message rather than a rule in stone. Just because a whack-job lunatic says something is "Christian" does not make it so. As Z-Man mentioned, God wants us to question and come to our own conclusions. Again, that is why there is no giant cosmic gun pointed at your head. You want proof? You aren't going to get it - and that is very much the intent. You decide for yourself.

Perhaps for you, as well, it is not too late to enhance your intellect. You could start by opening your mind.