(urth) flooding and scripture

[Gerry Quinn]

From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at gmail.com>
>> Jack Smith -
>> Most protestants do not read the scriptures literally either.  There is a 
>> strong emphasis on the conscience of the individual, as opposed to 
>> top-down authority, which fits in well with scientific inquiry.   The 
>> know-nothing literal-minded anti-evolutionists are a small minority.
>
> "Literal-mindedness" and a lack of skepticism about Genesis is not really 
> a small minority among _observant_ Christians, Jews, or Muslims in my 
> experience, including observant Catholics. And for many of those 
> "anti-evolutionists", Science is their day job, just not their religion. 
> And perhaps that's all we need know about Wolfe's Christan beliefs and why 
> tBotNS could be interpreted as potentially violating them: SF fantasy is 
> his day job.

I don't really follow.  Do you think Wolfe is a Bible literalist?  I would 
find it easier to believe he is a crypto-communist!

- Gerry Quinn