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I think was comedian Lewis Black that said; “Why would you ever think a bunch of goat herders on a mountain side someplace would have all the answers to the Universe, thousands of years ago?” Which is a refreshing perspective, if you agree with it or not- laugh anyway.

The myth of creation is a very likable fantasy, which is why people are so very attached to it. But it’s not one that holds up under scrutiny. Your #1 competitors are BIG cats and bears, but your afraid of snakes, and dragons and giants? I can not answer how big or how small god is, or even if it is, it’s all hearsay. I know within myself, there is a desire for there to be a cosmic friend, and protector, or guide, real or imagined. But the narrow view of the fundamentalist that is Bible is exact, and perfect, is absolutely ridiculous. It is flawed by the whole nature of man, and his insistence to write the doctrine of his politics. If you read the Bible unblinded, you realize that it’s not God that’s the hardass, it’s man flailing around trying to please him. God must have made HIM in his own image, but dare you not make images of yourself, or of bunnies, gnomes, pandas, or dolphins. How does that make sense?

Understand, that it is never my intent to attack anyone else’s faith, or belittle it. I don’t want you to struggle with it as I do. I just hope you can in time reconcile some of these issues in a smarter way, without loosing yours. Evolution is a fact, and should be called a natural law of nature, again facts are not in their favor. Yet, it is the politics of ALL religions, that feel under attack by it, which is just silly paranoia. We don’t want to teach Adam and Eve as a symbolic myth. Even though, how we got here, changes not our stewardship to our environment, and each other.

I’m sharing this, because I found it to be a rather softer and more optimistic Dawkins. I don’t think he’ll persuade you, but little by little truth will win out, to those who seek truth. It’s not the end of the world, just the beginning of enlightenment. I have no idea why we insist on throwing the baby out with the bath water? There is nothing in Natural Selection, which forces you to become an atheist, is my point. You can just as easily believe that unseen forces, tweak and re-engineer, as much as you try. Evil is not Darwin, evil is arrogance, and unjust hatred.

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About 12 years ago, I found myself being embarrassed by the California Girls at the Olympics, particularly those from Orange County. They were so inarticulate, and emotionally dwarfed. At the time, I was being annoyed by the OC’s lack of culture, and refinement. It was like making a visit to the moon, to come from the Inland Empire to Orange County, even though you would think it to be the other way around?

So today, I see that Big Bear is the home of Shaun White (The Flying Tomato) world greatest snow board champion. Big Bear is also the home of another remarkable teenager, Jordan Ramero, who recently was the youngest to climb Mt. Everest. My point is simple enough to make, the population of the IE is not great enough to compete with the OC, and yet…

According to one of my (former) teachers from Rim of the World High School; Dr. Tim White, was of the class 1969 (or maybe 68). Tim is today, the world’s foremost paleontologist, and Prof. @ Cal Berkeley. WOW! There aren’t many things that impress me, but that sure does! Going to Tim’s website, I read this quote: “Told by a high school guidance counselor that his dream of studying dinosaurs was unacceptable, …” Yep, there’s the definitive proof, he went to Rim alright! (I’ll bet that was Mathews!)

Tim was part of the team that found/studied Lucy. And he has found even an older ‘missing link’ between man and apes that’s 4.4 million years old, that walked upright as well (Ardi). Tim is one of the guys rewriting history for all the right reasons. Dr. Tim White’s website

Now, I’m not one who is impressed by Youngest to do… Rich kids, with parents that need to be examined, is my issue. None the less, climbing the world tallest and deadliest mountain is huge. Way to go, Jordan!

As for Shaun White, that guy is just too cool, and impossible not to like.  And unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know all about him, so I say no more!

Way to go, boys of the local mountains, and men of the IE.