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To: lexcorp
Yes, it will. It's doing so now.

And the Bible predicted the earth's wobble 2000 years ago.

they had God to tell them that the ratio was 3.14159... but yet they still produced the wrong answer, and printed it.

They were simply describing the size of a pit. They weren't interested in being super exact so that people like you wouldn't nitpick irrelevant details. They are describing the size of a pit, and for a pit of 10 cubits in diameter, 30 cubits in circumference is a reasonable answer. You wouldn't be satisfied unless it said that the pit was 31.41592653... cubits across.

Wrong. They are fossils that are characteristic of a certain stratigraphic layer.

And each stratigraphic layer is indicative of a certain time period, right? I'm not wrong then. If A=B and B=C, then A=C.

C14 dating is strictly for relatively recent events. Other means are needed for deep-time measurements.

And these other means are?

C14 measurement reliably dates known archeological sites and items

C14 dating has misdated many known items, such as animals whose diet consists mainly of very old, dead vegetation (such as peat).

given more time, these fossils would eventually be freed from the rock and be "set free" where they can be again covered in sediments

Your explanation hinges on the idea that fossils can be uncovered by erosion and then recovered by slow sedimentation. It seems impossible for slow sedimentation to cover anything if erosion is continually uncovering these fossils. Can you show me anywhere that slow sedimentation can overtake the rate of erosion?

For your idea to work, all fossils would have had to become initially covered in a rapid sedimentation process in order for them to become exposed by erosion, since it is obvious that the rate of erosion exceeds the rate of sedimentation, except during catastrophic events. With the rate of erosion being faster than the rate of slow sedimentation, how could any fossil ever be covered by slow sedimentation?

129 posted on 01/17/2002 2:35:53 PM PST by Come get it
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To: lexcorp
Here's how I am beginning to regard this issue and all other crevo threads: neither one of us know for certain how we got here or how events unfolded in the past. You have a theory, so do I. All we can do is argue about who's ideas are better. Nothing will get solved in the end; I will not convince you nor will you convince me. Let's agree to disagree and not waste any more of the other's time. We'll all find out who was right in the end.

If you think that this is a cop-out, so be it. I've got better things to do and I'm sure you do too. I hold strong to my faith and will continue to do so. You keep exploring and try to figure out what you believe. Since you admit that God might exist, why don't you explore that option? I hope you find Him, for your sake.

God bless, and happy hunting.

131 posted on 01/17/2002 2:54:29 PM PST by Come get it
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