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To: Shryke

So far tonight, I've heard the Earth was 50 billion, 2 billion and now 14-16 billion. So, EVO's which is it?

I'm not a Creationist website visitor so I rarely get information that way. I prefer to study independently.
That's right, Creation under Genesis does falsify evolution. With the Earth being 6000 years old (and our numbers do not vary), it is impossible that evolution could have happened.

Thanks for the insight.


457 posted on 12/14/2004 4:44:00 PM PST by Right in Wisconsin
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To: Right in Wisconsin
So far tonight, I've heard the Earth was 50 billion, 2 billion and now 14-16 billion. So, EVO's which is it?

Given that you were clearly misreading the post from where you deriver "14-16 billion" (that was given as the estimated age of the universe, not the earth), I'm hesitant to trust your claim that others have given ages of 50 billion or 2 billion.

The best estimate for the current age of the earth is 4.55 billion years. The best estimage for the age of the universe is 15 billion years. As such, if the Big Bang were falsified and we discovered that the 15 billion year age for the universe were false, it would not necessarily falsify evolution, so long as it was not established that the universe could be no older than four billion years (and that itself wouldn't necessarily falsify evolution). As such, the Big Bang theory clearly is not required for evolution to be true, all that is required is that the universe be old enough for life on earth to have existed for a sufficient amount of time. That is not predicated on any specific theory; falsifying the Big Bang would not necessarily demonstrate that the universe is less than 15 billion years old.
464 posted on 12/14/2004 4:49:21 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: Right in Wisconsin
Please do not say I claimed the Earth was 14-16 billion years old. I said my recollection of the Big Bang was that long ago. I also said the Earth was formed well after that - according to the theory.

With the Earth being 6000 years old

So you believe in the "G-d is just faking us all out with the observable evidence" thing?

580 posted on 12/15/2004 6:12:49 AM PST by Shryke (My Beeb-o-meter goes all the way to eleven.)
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