[Morrigoon]

Wow, you guys took what I thought was a beautiful thought about the wonders of science as evidence of the existence of a greater intelligence in the universe than we humans and boiled it down to....

I guess I failed to convey my thoughts properly.

My belief in God isn't a crutch for anything... it just is. And my belief is not threatened by science, but strengthened by it.

The bible comes from a time when information was conveyed in allegory. And it's really a tome of collected separate books, minus a few that were eliminated by committee (because we all know how good committees are) many centuries ago. So information could be missing, added, etc. Then there's the whole "well how much of the Old testament is relevant" question. So I think it's important that people weigh all these factors when determining whether or not they REALLY understand the will of God. Personally, and this is just me, I tend to give more weight to quotes directly attributed to Jesus, and less to everything else.

But I see no reason to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

But whatever, if you choose to believe the whole universe just magically burst on the scene at random, completely by chance, and that all the amazing things about creation (evolution, to name one) are completely by accident, then that's fine. But your beliefs are no less "magical" than my own.