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To: dangus
I would suppose it's possible that God made a universe that *looked* billions of years old when it really is a young universe.

The continued existence of comets -- our knowledge of how terrestrial and extraterrestrial catastrophes are evolution stoppers hundreds of thousands of times, over billions of years -- lack of transitional fossils, lack of erosion characteristics in most geologic layers -- the pooling of fossilized bones from supposed disparate ages -- lack of long term silt in the oceans from continental erosion -- lack of sufficient dust on all known solar bodies -- continued high energy geologic activity on small planetary bodies that should be dead & frozen solid -- mature galaxies when they should still be in the developmental stage according to the big bang model and the general befuddlement by the scientific community at all of the continued contradictory data being revealed by modern technology.

Science is great for some things, but deceptive when it comes to theorizing where the data doesn't allow. 1000 generations of mDNA translates to 40,000 years, well within the potential genealogical gaps within the Scripture. I personally believe it is closer to 10,000 years and there are not gaps in the genealogies based on the only authentic revelation that has been supernaturally preserved by our Creator, the Holy Bible.

47 posted on 01/17/2005 12:56:04 PM PST by bondserv (Sincerity with God is the most powerful instigator for change! † [Check out my profile page])
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To: bondserv

Of the issues you raise as evidence of a young earth which I can speak to, you are preposetrous to claim that they stump scientists.

On Comets: The Solar System is surrounded by the Oort cloud, billions of ice chunks. The few we experience as comets are those which have been knocked out of their orbits, including by events as mundane as two ice chunks colliding. So, yes, comets are "new" in that those we presently see as comets will quickly wear out. But there will be billions and billions to replace them.

Your "evolution stoppers" are just the opposite; they cause rapid population change and explain why evolutionary bottlenecks help evolution occur in fits which are too quick to be observed over the geological record. the geological record discerns events which take place over millions of years, and simply could never be expected to reveal population changes which happen over mere thousands of years.

In fact, we do see intermediate stages of animal development in the fossil record, which have helped explain some previously inexplicable evolutionary steps. For instance, it has long been pointed out that a bird-reptile without feathers could not have adapted its forelimbs for flight. Sure enough, they have discovered non-flying brd-reptiles which appear to have feathers. Turns out that the same structure which makes feathers useful for flight also makes them extremely effective insulators, as anyone with down quilts knows. Feathers were an adaptation tor etain body heat. It just so happens that of the dozens of lineages of animals which attempted gliding (squirrels, lemurs, bats, pterosaurs, etc.), one prarticular group happened to have a feature (feathers) which aided its gliding ability. The feature was then refined to the point where true flight was acheived.

Which small, frozen bodies do you expect should be extinct of geological activities? Only Pluto would fit your definition, since the others (Io, etc.) are in orbit around high-gravity planets like Jupiter or are close enough to the sun to maintain geologic activity (Mercury, etc.).

For some of the other things you cite, I have no idea what yyou are tking about. What do you mean most geological layers doesn't have "erosion characteristics?"

The only one you cite which is actually a puzzle is that the moon (the only other solar body inert enough to collect dust which we have ever visited) does seem to lack sufficient dust.

There are an infinite number of things which have not been explained, or which don't meet our expectations. Every riddle solved by science will certainly pose dozens of others. The problem you face is that creationism doesn't solve any of the problems.

If the Earth is only 7000 years old, how did fossils become embedded in rocks thousands of feet underground? Why do the rocks with the lowest radioactive Iridium ratios lack fossils of higher organisms, even when lower organisms are abundant? How were metamorphic rocks formed so that they appear similar to sedimentary rocks, yet are chemically inconsistent with sedimentation? Why are the sea floors which are slowly spreading actually made of the rock created by slowly spreading sea floors, even though at their rate of spread, it would take tens or hundreds of millions of years? Why do we see a more primitive universe when we look away from the center of the universe? And yes, although geologic inversions do exist, why does radioactive iridium depletion correspond so well with local-relative depth, and in a manner so similar to radioactive carbon depletion?

The universe appears old, no way around it. The scientific community is not at all befuddled about that. Pointing to a creationists' web site which claims scientists are befuddled is no evidence that scientists are really befuddled.


49 posted on 01/17/2005 1:44:42 PM PST by dangus
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To: bondserv

OOps: I missed this:

>>Science is great for some things, but deceptive when it comes to theorizing where the data doesn't allow. 1000 generations of mDNA translates to 40,000 years, well within the potential genealogical gaps within the Scripture. I personally believe it is closer to 10,000 years and there are not gaps in the genealogies based on the only authentic revelation that has been supernaturally preserved by our Creator, the Holy Bible.<<

There are no geneaological gaps in scripture. In just 20 generations, the bible brings us all the way up to Abraham, who lived, at most, a mere 2000 years before Christ.

By the way, I just realized something. Here's a fun trivia question: Given the year he died, what did Methusaleh most likely die from?


51 posted on 01/17/2005 2:34:22 PM PST by dangus
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