Evolution for Dummies and Christians

Historical accident.In various times and places the week has not been seven days. However, the Romans had a seven day week when they ruled the Western world, so we got stuck with it (originaly the Romans had an 8 day week). It originated with the Babylonians, who were big into numerology and astrology. The Hebrews picked it up from them.It's also a convenient division of the lunar month.

An article for Harper's, written by a Creationist with no related qualifications. To present this as evidence of some sort of controversy in science is extremely dishonest. This is a mined quote, that is, stripped of context so that the speaker is presented as saying something that are not actually saying.The "interpretation" and "story" he is talking about is NOT evolution, but phyletic gradualism. From later in the same paragraph: "Throughout it all, adaptation shines through as an important theme". Actually, what he's talking about is how paleontologist should discuss mode and tempo more than they did at the time.

Which is why you quoted someone who didn't actually say what you represented him as saying, right?That's still dishonest.

Tell us what, *exactly*, you mean by "genetic diversity", then we can work on showing it to you.

Actually, there are Creationist movements in Islam and Hinduism, too.The key to these conflicts seems to be "revealed truth".. all of these religions have texts that are supposedly the word of the God(s).