At 11:32 AM 11/29/2002 -0600, Mia McDavid wrote: >Steve, > >OK, then I have not taken your last few steps, and neither has my >entire religion (Christianity), nor have the Jewish and Muslim religions. Hmm. I respectfully disagree. The domain of Christianity, above all, has shrunk *considerably* since the middle ages. Even the Roman Catholic Church, among the most reactionary segments, has admitted the validity of evolution, and even confessed that Gallileo was right (though they have not yet given up on miricles, which have been described "God interrupting Himself).