Hi George,
Dante's comedy did not represent itself as the word of God, telling mankind
how to be saved and starting itself off by a description of how the
universe was created by Dante. See I didn't say what you expected. I try
to be surprizing once in a while. :-)
I keep finding it fascinating that the Bible says 'In the Beginning God
created the heavens and the earth" and that is the only part of Genesis
1-11 we believe. But if all the rest of Genesis 1-11 is
wrong/allegory/whatever, why should I believe that Genesis 1:1 is telling
me of a real creation by a real God?
glenn
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
Foundation, Fall and Flood
& lots of creation/evolution information
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm