I figured that a Christian would at least know the source of his ideas, Dorkus, just as any scientist must study Plato, Euclid, Leonardo, Newton, Huygens, Faraday, Einstein, and become aware of the interrelatedness of their ideas. If you believe that the bible you read in church today is a direct translation of God's words, you're sorely uninformed:

Here\'s one thorough examination of the history of Christianity.

And here\'s one on the Bible itself.

As Glenn, Nick, and others are saying, all people are free to pursue their own beliefs. My point is that if you truly believe in God then you should seek out all knowledge with the hope of becoming closer to it instead of doubting any evidence which you fear.

If the bible is erroneous, and false, that doesn't make you a bad person--it just means that, like I've been saying all along, everyone deals with the unknown in different ways. You should explore it, and enjoy it, instead of feeling persecuted.

edit: and Nick, I read about that Maya image as well...amazing. In their mythology, a great god impaled his penis, and let its blood flow out, thus creating the world. "Let there be light" is a bit more PG-13, don't you think?