tom, the OP implied, no explicitly stated, that evolution invalidates creation. So the straw man as you referred was already set up.
curwin
June 13, 2001, 9:05am
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*Originally posted by Jomo Mojo *
When Manitou (the Great Spirit) first decided to create man, He molded him from clay and set him to bake in an oven. But this being the first time He’d ever tried it, He was a little nervous and took the man out too soon. He was still underdone. Great Spirit said, “Oh no, I goofed. I’ll let this poor white man run away.”
The second time He tried it, He went out hunting and forgot about the man baking in the oven. When He got back, He found the man was overcooked. He said, “Oops, got it wrong again. I’ll let this poor black man run away.”
The third time, He was very careful and got it exactly right, producing a man who was neither too light nor too dark: the American Indian. **
I read a book in high school about a Chinese girl growing up in America and hearing the same myth – but with the “just right” man being Chinese. Don’t remember the name of the book.