| Richard 2006-04-17, 6:55 pm |
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Alistair wrote:
> Creation happened 6000 years ago.
One set of creation myths was said by Bishop Usher to have happened at
a particular point that long ago, but it is not dogma.
Many other creation myths have different ages, for example:
"""According to Jain beliefs, the universe was never created, nor will
it ever cease to exist. It is eternal but not unchangeable, because it
passes through an endless series of cycles. Each of these upward or
downward cycles is divided into six world ages (yugas). The present
world age is the fifth age of one of these "cycles", which is in a
downward movement. Each age is known as an "Aaro". There are no
specific names assigned to each age. Instead they are referred to
numerically as in "Pehelo Aaro" or First Age, "Beejo Aaro" or Second
Age, "Treejo Aaro" or Third Age, "Chotho Aaro" or Fourth Age, "Paanchmo
Aaro" or Fifth Age and "Chhatho Aaro" or Sixth Age. All these ages have
fixed time durations of thousands of years."""
> We might as well do nothing about global warming and
> just wait for GWBush's friend to drop the air temperature by 5 degrees.
That's exactly what they are doing.
What do you expect from people who study the world on their knees with
their eyes closed.
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