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To: TexCon
I know that you aren't the source of this BS that you posted and that you claim not to agree with it (so you ought to be a little more careful about what you post, or you'll get severely flamed). I'll respond to a few of the more brain- dead arguments that you repeated.

1.Evolutionists have constructed the Geologic Column in order to illustrate the supposed progression of "primitive" life forms to "more complex" systems we observe today.

BUZZ! WRONG! Geologists had described the geological column and the progression of species in it *before* Darwin published Origin of Species. Geologists already knew before Darwin's voyage on the Beagle that (a) the earth is much older than a literal reading of the Bible suggests (b) there has not been a global flood as described in Genesis and (c) fossil species are not the same as modern ones, and look less like modern ones the deeper in strata you go. The geologists influenced the theory of evolution, not the other way round. Those who want to question science should get basic facts about the history of science right.

2.Dr. Thomas Barnes, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at El Paso, has published the definitive work in this field. Scientific observations since 1829 have shown that the earth's magnetic field has been measurably decaying at an exponential rate, demonstrating its half-life to be approximately 1,400 years. In practical application its strength 20,000 years ago would approximate that of a magnetic star. Under those conditions many of the atoms necessary for life processes could not form. These data demonstrate that earth's entire history is young, within a few thousand of years.

Looking out of my window I can see that the level of the sea is about 1.5 metres lower than it was 1 hour ago. Extrapolating backwards in time I conclude that my house cannot have existed in its current position for more than around a day, and that about a year ago the tops of the tallest mountains on earth were covered. Evidently by the logic of creationists Noah's flood only finished last year.

3. The risible 2% population growth argument has been pulled to pieces by others.

4.The Biblical record clearly describes a global Flood during Noah's day. Additionally, there are hundreds of Flood traditions handed down through cultures all over the world. M.E. Clark and Henry Voss have demonstrated the scientific validity of such a Flood providing the sedimentary layering we see on every continent. Secular scholars report very rapid sedimentation and periods of great carbonate deposition in earth's sedimentary layers. It is now possible to prove the historical reality of the Biblical Flood

Absolutely incredible evidence! Most ancient civilisations (nearly all of which were coastal or by great rivers) have myths about floods in which nearly everybody died. I can't believe how that can be! Can you imagine where these stories come from? Let's go and ask the citizens of S Louisiana, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia if they can imagine where myths of incredibly destructive floods might originate.

On a more serious note the flood model of sedimentary deposition is falsified on numerous cross-confirming pieces of data that confirm mainstream geological observations. Flood geology has no answer for the simple and common phenomenon of angular unconformities (other than frantic handwaving). Likewise flood geology doesn't explain the fossil pattern that we actually have, just one that creation scientists would like us to have. If flood geologists are right then they should understand how to find mineral deposits much better than conventional geologists. Where are their mineral finds that run counter to mainstream expectations? Flood geologists explain the fossil record by suggesting that more modern creatures were "better at running for higher ground" and thus are found higher in the geological column. Presumably more modern plantlife was also "better at running for higher ground"

I think you can see where I am going with all this. I've got too bored to answer the rest of the tripe that you unwittingly repeated. Creation science: It is bad theology, because it is based on lies, and it isn't science at all.

2,188 posted on 02/19/2006 1:45:50 AM PST by Thatcherite (More abrasive blackguard than SeaLion or ModernMan)
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To: TexCon; Thatcherite
Additionally, there are hundreds of Flood traditions handed down through cultures all over the world.

If all of humanity were wiped out except for Noah and his family, then there shouldn't be any Flood traditions from any other cultures. Only Noah's story should survive. The fact that there are hundreds of such tales, each of which somehow survived The Big One spoken of in everybody else's tale, indicates that none of them were global.

2,191 posted on 02/19/2006 3:20:46 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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