When I asked my very religious sister about why the Bible says "and god created man in their own image" at first she was surprised that it said "their" and then offered that "they" were the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. When I asked her how the Son and Holy Ghost could have been involved before they had even appeared she said that they were in God's plan from the start. So I asked her why did God bother letting everything get so screwed up if he knew he was going to send Jesus to fix it later. Wasn't he just toying with us? She said that God wanted to let us choose our own way. How would you respond? • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn