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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  You wouldn't have any archaelogical evidence of George Washington or William Shakespeare either, unless they were exceptionally well-preserved. |
Ditto for the people who lived 150k years ago as well, I presume? Again, that's just my opinion. I've always found it that particular fact odd, and this is coming from a former altar boy, albeit just in a podunk country multi-denominational church (grew up in a remote area of Colorado), so I've definitely got a bit of religion in my c.v.; I also am a computer engineer, and we all know how screwed up engineers think; the glass is neither half full nor half empty, just twice as big as it needs to be. So I own my opinions, and it's worked out well for me.
Having said that, those are MY opinions. My wife is methodist, and we take our little monkey boy (coming up on 3, currently channeling Ghengis Khan, apparently) to church, both to indoctrinate him in the experience, and also to ensure that he is not denied something that could be beneficial to him, whereas it wouldn't necessarily be to me. After all, if you don't have all the info at your fingertips, you can't make the correct decision, and I certainly cannot make his decision regarding his belief structure for him. That's between him and his higher power.