>>>And when I suggest that they read it in the allegorical manner, they
laugh,
and laugh and laugh. So that doesn't seem to be an effective strategy
either.<<<
But Glenn, just what does this laughter actually demonstrate? That a
literary, non-literalistic reading of Genesis 1 is something to laugh at?
Or could it be that the most laughable, but yet profoundly tragic and
lamentable, element in this situaton is that modern, Western,
scientifically-oriented culture has lost all ability to articulate or read
anything in any mode except the artless and extremely restricted
matter-of-fact style of technical report writing?
Glenn, if you and your colleagues are trapped in that artless world, I
sincerely hope that you can find a way out. If you're interested, C. S
Lewis could give you directions.
Howard Van Till