I think I was about eight when I was first introduced to the creation/evolution debate, and I remember thinking it was -obvious- that the right answer was a cross between the two: that God set off the big bang and oversaw the process of evolution like a quality-assurance person in a factory that made planets. Sort of a biblical Slarty Bartfast ("Hitchiker's Guide To the Galaxy").
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- I thought "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was a somewhat casual manual for astronauts.— Katya
- I thought when the Big Bang happened it made an actual bang noise— Catte
- I used to dig a super deep hole thinking it
would transport me to the galaxy — Rafaella - I remember thinking that the "Nude Furniture" store was some sort of naughty place. — Texas Rocky
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- That blankets had some magic quality that made it so you could become warm and stay that way— Michael