==I think people like Dr Humphreys need to realize this: 1. The Earth is not flat. 2. The universe is way older than 6000 years. 3. The Earth is not the center of the universe.
We agree on #1. But can you demonstrate #2? As for #3, while it can be demonstrated that the Earth is not the center of the universe, what is your evidence that that the universe has no center?
Yes it is, otherwise my drink cup would fall over.
“2. The universe is way older than 6000 years.”
Way Older? Cool scientific lingo in a sentence wont impress anyone. Besides, did you save any receipts proving that?
“3. The Earth is not the center of the universe.”
Well you just try and find a parking space anywhere else mister! How do you know we aren't the center of the universe? Been to the edge? For all we know, 70’s fashion aside, we are the hippest beings in existence.
Scripture never asserts that it is. Rather, in Isaiah 40:22, we read "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:" (KJV) Just because the RCC persecuted those who said otherwise, does NOT mean it is a Biblical teaching. For what it's worth, the RCC accepts evolution.
2. The universe is way older than 6000 years.
Your right, this must be accepted, for it cannot be proven. There a several indicator of a young earth, e.g deacaying moon orbit, decaying magnetic field of earth, increasing salinity of the oceans, etc.
3. The Earth is not the center of the universe.
How do you expect to prove that? If it were, and God stretched out the heavens as the scripture says, we would expect every star we observe to display a doppler shift away from us. Guess what we observe? Instead, 'scientist' imagine the ever expanding balloon theory...
Of course it isn't! THEY are! ;-)
If you had said that 400 years ago you’d have been burned at the stake by the Vatican.