helen thomas is older than previously thought too !
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Impossible. I hear the earth is only 6,000 years old.
Oh, really?............
Clark: ‘...It’s only the biggest gd hole in the world!’
Aunt Edna: ‘Clark! Watch your language!’
Clark: ‘Make that the second biggest.’
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helen thomas is older than previously thought too !
Its old as dirt.
One of the most awe inspiring sights on the planet.
Anyone who has not seen this thing of unimaginable beauty should make it a goal to see it before they die.
It is well worth the time and money.
I remember when it was the Grand Gulch.
More wild guesses.
That’s because for 11 million years it kept telling people it was “39”.
So it was 6 million years old +/-12 million?
Since it changes daily, today’s grand canyon is but a day old.
The Grand Canyon cost so much to dig that the National Park Service still charges admission in order to pay off the debt.
If a bunch of geologists got together and agreed the Grand Canyon was 30 million years old, would that make it true?
The only reason I would have to doubt this is that the world is a terribly destructive place.
The Grand Canyon area is the site of a very old upwelling of mountains, that were then eroded down to sediment, then the sediment was uplifted, and *then* washed down by the Colorado River. The river cut through all that sediment to its base, where it exposed the roots of the ancient mountains.
Now, for those of you who have never seen the Grand Canyon in person, let me assure you, you cannot see the canyon with mere photographs. That thing is enormous. A crack in the world.
Be it a mere six million years, or 17 million years, the big question is, how could this be done here, but nowhere else?
Some comparisons can be made with Copper Canyon in Mexico, Snake River Canyon in Idaho, or the Great Rift of Africa. But they all look a lot more like each other, like “normal” canyons, than the Grand Canyon.
It’s not just size, because parts of the six canyons of Copper Canyon are deeper; and it’s not entirely location, because Snake River Canyon is in a similar situation.
Today, it’s a high desert, but even just 50,000 years ago it was warmer and wetter grasslands. That was when a gigantic meteor hit about 100 miles away, in a 2.5 Megaton blast.
You would think the canyon would have noticed. Apparently not.
As some people thought it was only 4000 years old, this is not surprising
The problem that I have with such glaring miscalculations is that "scientists" evidently don't have evolution-related "facts" down to a science.
Whenever there is an article like this posted folks jump up and say the creationists (defined as those believing the “days” of Genesis are 24 hr. each) are taking Genesis literally. Uh..no they aren’t. They are defining the term “day” as 24 hours and taking their definition literally.
The difference? Well, the term day can mean more than just 24 hrs. and from the Bible itself it’s clear that 24 hrs. is not meant here. Those “days” began after “In the beginning” during which time the heavens (everything beyond earth like stars) and earth are created. That leaves quite a bit time between “In the beginning” and “Let light come to be”. How much time may be of interest to scientists of today but there is no way whatsoever to determine it fron the account. And it is no importance to the length of the “days” that follow.
The “Earth Was Created 6,000 Years Ago” Creationists are defending a single meaning of a word and those attacking their position with big guns could blow it away with few breaths if they understood what was really being argued.
Beating on the other side may be fun but it doesn’t make them wrong.