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THE COMPUTER OF THE MIND "Where DID we come from," asked young Tim, "I'd really like to know, Not mum (and dad) - that sort of thing - But years and years ago?" The magic screen beside Tim's bed, A sort of television, Read the thoughts from in his head With incredible precision. The picture buzzed and squeaked and fuzzed Yet stayed completely black. "There's nothing there, maybe it's bust!" Tim gave it a mighty smack! Still nothing changed; then words shone out Scrolling past in red. "In the beginning there was nowt, Nothing, zilch," they said. "Let light appear!" - a heavenly sound Boomed out all over the place. From just a dot, then all around, This light filled all of space. A heavenly silver glistening light Shone and gleamed a swirled. The Voice again spoke out with might, "Let's now create a world!" Eddies came and span around, A sh...

Six Days or 13.7 billion years? What a difference a day makes Twenty-four little hours Brought the sun and the flowers Where there used to be nought And so the whole universe was completed. By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working. And that is how the universe was created. Well, you said you'd try to get out of this one. I've got a questions for you. Do I see a trick question coming? Not at all; a very factual question. When Mrs Armitage next door had her baby girl last year what did you pop through the letter box? A card, of course. A what was the picture on the card? It was a stork, carrying a baby. Why? You wouldn't send a picture of mum in the delivery room, would you? Best wishes, Mrs Armitage, glad to see you successfully had sex with Mr Armitrage! Its just a...

You've been told off by the beeb ... ... because you said the the Bible book of Genesis was "religious hogwash". The BBC Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee has acknowledged that the comments were “offensive”. The Committee maintains that Mr Paxman’s use of the term “religious hogwash” was not intended to deliberately cause offence. But it acknowledges “that they were offensive to some of the audience and that there was no clear editorial purpose for their use in the context of this Newsnight item”. The Trust’s report added: “The committee therefore concluded that the item breached the editorial guidelines on harm and offence. It added that it regretted the offence caused to some viewers by the use of the terms ‘religious hogwash’.  The words were used in a scripted item on "Newsnight" about Richard Dawkins' book ... ... and here are some transcripted snippets from the programme. Jeremy Paxman : From our earliest years we learn to suspend disbeli...