Ok, I'll take the bait. Who/Whom were the so-called 11,000 Christian leaders petitioning? Do you have a source that you can give me? Were they trying to change dogma from certain Christian denominations or what? What results were they trying to achieve by a petition?

In my old age, after having been around the block a few times, I prefer to put my faith in God, not in people. To the extent that God wants me to rely on people (or science for that matter) during my time here on earth, I have to trust that He'll give me the discernment to do so. Most importantly, that I'll have the ear to hear Him.

Quite frankly, I'm more concerned with eternity than my short time here on earth. Science has not offered me salvation. Money has not offered me salvation. Mankind has not offered me salvation. Medicine has not offered me salvation. God has. And I accepted His invitation a long time ago. And I will not be inclined to accept another person's encouragement to denounce or marginalize God.

Linda, you seem to care a great deal about your theories of evolution. I'm wondering if you could explain why they mean so much to you. I'm really very curious to know.

And just one more question, if I may .... could someone not accuse your posts as quote mining Linda? And even regurgiposting for that matter? I can't help but feel that there is a fair amount of transference going on in some of your comments. I think we need to try and be fair and open about this.

Sharon