Scholars Aim to Disprove Darwin (As Theory Turns 150, Scientists Say It's Impossible)

zna ^ | October 26, 2009

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

“That means the 6000-year-old origin of the earth is false.”

I'm not in this fight, but I have to ask you a question:

How is it you think Christianity teaches that the Earth is only 6,000 years old? It doesn't. In fact, both Judaism and Christianity are both silent on the subject. It is not an article of faith.

Implying that it's doctrine because some renaissance monk concocted a timeline with that figure, is like saying the phrase “separation of church and state” is a cornerstone of the First Amendment.

[pgyanke]

Y’know, I don’t hang my hat on a specified date or age. I see the creation story as a story told by the infinite to the finite in a way we can understand it... much like a bedtime story to a child. I don’t see it as a science manual for carbon-dating the world.

That said, I also don’t put much faith in these scientific “proofs” that continue to swing the estimate of the age of the earth by billions of years... that’s a huge margin of error. I do find it fascinating, though, that the current swing “proof” swings so strongly in the direction of the faithful...

[D Rider]

He’s saying that the correct figure is 10,000 years. He’s not calling it an estimate.

This figure disproves all of creationist theory by his own logic.

All of creationist theory? Your logic is just silly. As anyone with a science background will attest to. That is as long as you take "creation" out of the argument.

If you don't take "creation" out of the argument, then all I can say is that you have a valid point.

[pgyanke]

He’s saying that the correct figure is 10,000 years. He’s not calling it an estimate.

Really? Read it again, genius. He is calling it an estimate. Quote from the article: "... the actual age was no more than 10,000 years."

This figure disproves all of creationist theory by his own logic.

Then, by your logic, you have disproved your own argument by your obfuscation. Good day.

[Oztrich Boy]

Pope Pius V University

Google gives 14 hits, ALL related to this confab

Calling

[bezelbub]

Google for Libera Università degli Studi "San Pio V" - or have a look here. I think they just rented out their rooms, unfortunately for them to a group of lunatics.

[Varda]

I did the same search and came up with the same load of nothing. It’s also not listed in directories of universities in Rome. Thanks bezelbub for finding the place.

“they just rented out their rooms, unfortunately for them to a group of lunatics.”

Not lunatics, fundamentalists. They really can’t back off from evolution or the age of the earth, Sola Scriptura/plain sense of scripture/biblical literalism depends on it.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

You are incorrect.

You're referencing a press release for a YEC conference. Dr. Berthault repeatedly refers to his claim that the Tonto formation dating is 10,000 years old.

Here's one of his papers on the subject from 2004.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

How is it you think Christianity teaches that the Earth is only 6,000 years old?

I don't. That has been the traditional young earth creationist claim for over a century.

You're new to these threads and will just have to catch up. ;)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

That said, I also don’t put much faith in these scientific “proofs” that continue to swing the estimate of the age of the earth by billions of years... that’s a huge margin of error.

This has never been the case. Talk about obfuscation.

[campaignPete R-CT]

i spent years studying astrophysics, only to find out now that everything I needed to know about the topic ... I learned in kindergarten.

I’m too old for a young earth theory.

[campaignPete R-CT]

what I am called if I am anti-youngEarth & anti-EVOS? Am I like the line in the middle of the road? Can I get ZOTTED fromt his site for talking about mitochondrial RNA or the Hubble constant?

You guys bore me, so either go to grad school or join a campaign. That is your choice in life. You cannot stay on freeRepublic forever, avoiding responsibility.