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To: derheimwill

Then ...you can't even infer from your own certain knowledge that the rest of the universe outside the room that you are currently in didn't just stop existing.
This is not an "inference." Rather, it is "founded" on prior experience.

You don't demand such standards of proof anywhere else in your life.

You misunderstand my standard. Data must be found in nature or founded upon sufficient authority.

What you really mean is that you believe that evolution contradicts your interpretation of your holy book

You assume again. I believe in a literal interpretation of Genesis and in microevolution thereafter. How else could Noah have gotten the entire genepool onto the ark?

B: Congratulations. You've falsified your favorite Bible story. There is no evidence for a genetic bottleneck 4000 years ago. The variation of the human genome requires at least 100,000 years to obtain. Hence, considering the entire "genepool" rules out this particular Biblical tale. Its always amusing when creationist contradict themselves.


805 posted on 12/21/2004 10:53:31 AM PST by bigdakine
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To: bigdakine
The variation of the human genome requires at least 100,000 years to obtain.

This is your premise, not my contradiction. It is based on average lifespans similar to or shorter than ours, rather than the ones described in the Mosaic account. Noah lived another 350 years after the flood. Abraham (born 400 years later) lived 175 years. The numbers become more "familiar after that. This additional opportunity for more separate bloodlines more than explains your misconception.

I love it when evolutionists accuse others of believing in fairy tales.

811 posted on 12/21/2004 11:04:10 AM PST by derheimwill (Love is a person, not an emotion.)
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