Walter, the many lies taught to me in Methodist Sunday school is one of the biggest reasons I am disappointed in most Christian denominations. Why do they find it necessary to teach as literal truth the stories of Adam & Eve, Noah, and many other stories I'm happy to forget? How does teaching children these stories as fact rather than fairy tales (or the attempts of ancient people to explain phenomena they don't understand) help further Christianity? If you have to lie to children to get your message across, something is wrong with your message! When I became old enough to realize the obvious limitations of two people being the progenitors of all humans or the fact that no human ever lived much past 100 to 120, much less 400 years or more, I ask why was I fed these lies?