Pete, if our exchanges are disagreeable, they are disagreeable to both of us. As in the sense that we disagree in our view of God's handiwork because we come at it from different directions. You accept the Biblical texts as written, whereas I look at the handiwork itself.

You, I presume, see Adam and Eve as actual historical figures, whereas I see them as symbolic. A metaphor, as I see much of what's in the Bible, a compilation of ancient texts with much doctoring and editing along the way.

But then, that's a centuries—millenniums—old debate, and neither of us is going to resolve it, so let us simply agree to disagree, okay?

Thank you for your defense. What GfS is saying about me is simply not true, and he seems to believe that if he repeats that sort of thing often enough, people will believe him. It's his "debating" method. He believes in hitting below the belt—any way he can do it. If the facts don't support him, he tries to attack the character of any person who doesn't agree with him.

Don Firth