>>Otherwise I would like to see the theology skipped, and simpler direct
answers given to questions like Glenn has raised about how the observational
data fits with the Scripture.
>>
which reminds me of one of my very favorite quotations:
"So long as an unlettered soul can attain to saving grace,
there would seem to be no deadly error in holding theological libraries
to be accumulations of, for the most part, stupendous impertinence."
-- Hawthorne (Preface to Twice-told Tales)
Burgy