"God" also made available some other things, including suicide, murder, nonconsensual tickling, etc. Perhaps your co-worker hasn't thought about this question very clearly yet. -jeremy An alien implant forced Wally Day to write: > Actually, there is a very definite relationship > between paleo and religion. One that I had not > anticipated. > > I was relating the basic paleo theories to a > co-worker. She had alsways *seemed* very intelligent > and open-minded to me, but when it came to my paleo > discussions, she suddenly became very close-minded. > > I wondered why. Was it because of the "evolution" > angle? I was ready to respond to that. No, it wasn't > that. So, what was it? It was because, as she put it, > "I believe that all those foods were made available to > us (by God)". > > Not very scientific, or reasonable for that matter. > How is it possible to get past that kind of thinking?