18th March 2003, 9:42 AM
Just to point something out, the 12 apostles were hardly upstanding citizens. I mean, one was even a tax collector! Still, they were chosen because they best represent humanity it seems.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)