[Fester Chugabrew]

You have been told repeatedly that eyewitness testimony is not as reliable as physical evidence . . .

In some cases it is reliable, and in some cases it is not. Physical evidence is subject to various interpetations, especially without an eyewitness as to how it was laid down. There are no written records and no eyewitnesses to a 4.5 billion year old earth, so from a scientific standpoint that assertion is SOL. From the standpoint of history and philosophy it's not bad, but still not as good as the biblical texts.

. . . i notice you didn't put a link on the paragraph you posted about astrology.

See #319.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"There are no written records and no eyewitnesses to a 4.5 billion year old earth, so from a scientific standpoint that assertion is SOL. From the standpoint of history and philosophy it's not bad, but still not as good as the biblical texts."

The biblical texts have no eyewitness accounts for the creation. The texts that we have now are copies of copies of translations from sources we don't have anymore. The stories in them go in direct opposition from the physical evidence we have right now before us. In Chugabrew Logic that is a strength for the bible. In regular logic that means the bible creation stories are crap. The difference in the two logical systems? One relies on copious amounts of alcohol, the other doesn't.

[b_sharp]

"In some cases it is reliable, and in some cases it is not. Physical evidence is subject to various interpetations, especially without an eyewitness as to how it was laid down. There are no written records and no eyewitnesses to a 4.5 billion year old earth, so from a scientific standpoint that assertion is SOL. From the standpoint of history and philosophy it's not bad, but still not as good as the biblical texts. "

The age of the earth is determined by counting tree rings, counting varves, counting ice layers, observing super novae, observing the half life of radioactive materials, calculating the ratio of elements and calibrating that ratio through other observable and countable dating methods. The age of the earth is determined by a combination of direct observation, indirect observation, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and testing. All very scientific.