Compare the 6 days of the book of Genesis,   to the 4 billion years of geologic time   on this scale, 1 day equals about 666 billion years         all day Monday, until Tuesday noon   creation was busy getting the earth going   life began on Tuesday noon   and the beautiful organic wholeness of it   developed over the next 4 days.         at 4 P.M. Saturday, the big reptiles came   5 hours later, when the redwoods appeared   there were no longer big reptiles         at 3 minutes before midnight, man appeared   one-fourth of a second before midnight, Christ revolted   one-fortieth of a second before midnight, the industrial revolution began         we are surrounded by people who think   that what we have been doing for    one-fortieth of a second can go on indefinitely   they are considered normal,   but they are stark, raving, mad.