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aw. That's... endearing.

Not to put a too-serious spin on that lovely sentiment, but one reason quitting Coke might be so hard is caffeine withdrawl, so quitting caffeine first might help. Like, buy Coke only from soda fountains and start with 3/4 Coke and 1/4 caffeine-free diet coke, and then slowly move to 1/2 and 1/2, and so on.

But kudos to you for going cold-turkey! I'm definitely impressed, as I won't be quitting carbonated sugar any time soon.

While I certainly don't speak for all conservative Christians--or probably even most--I do not accept the possibility that evolution is the most likely theory, but it isn't for lack of consideration. It's because I have faith. It's not scientific, but I am sure.

I'm able to respect the fact that the scientific community and I arrived at different opinions because we used very different processes to form them. And that's what I'd like to see more of in the debates about this issue--respect. (Not here or anything, just in general.) Even if we can't agree, I'd love to see scientists show more respect to people who make decisions based on faith, and more understanding from the religious about the scientific process.

I read it and thought something along those lines, but also "So thats where Elliott gets it." Seriously, you sound really similar.

To somehow redeem this comment from being hopelessly inane, I'd like to say that I don't sleep, I've had far too much reading this Block. In addition, my Dad has sleep apnea, and also snores really loud as a related condition, and I don't sleep better anywhere than if I can hear my Dad snoring down the hall. In the same room however? Impossible to get any sleep!

Wow. Save the comment from inanity? That didn't exactly work. ... I think I'm gonna go take a nap.

How about the entire 17th Chapter--the Abrahamic covenant? Fundamental to my religion, as we believe it has been renewed and stands as an important covenant between God and His people today.

I know that isn't quite what you meant, but I resent the implication that I'm a moron just because I believe human beings are in the literal image of God, originally created by His hand. I don't dispute the theoretical validity of evolution or natural selection, and I approve the teaching of these concepts in science classes whenever it's appropriate, I simply don't think that human beings came into existence by those means. This doesn't mean that I'm letting the religious right "do my thinking for me." You don't seem to be allowing that people can still believe in Creation literally even with "proper consideration."

Personally, I don't care how long the Creation took. A great deal of language in the Bible is figurative and poetic, and we have no way of knowing how long a "heavenly day" is, or how that time is measured. Why should this disrupt my faith that the Creation literally occurred?

I agree that Genesis is not the foundation of Christianity. Such a concept is laughable to me. Wouldn't the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that detail Christ's life and ministry, His atonement and resurrection, be the scriptural "foundation" of Christianity? However, there is no book of scripture that can simply be disregarded, as they all provide insight into the attributes, characteristics and perfections of God, and how we can live our lives better.

I've never been addicted to heroin, but I have no reservation saying that pornography is worse. There's no denying that porn is addictive, and I think scientific research in that direction is a great idea.