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From the editor of on of X-Tigers favorite sources WND
Oct 23, 2014, 12:07 PM
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One thing we know for sure: Science can never prove the age of the Earth. Because science requires a methodology of observation and empirical testing that could never be done on an event that occurred thousands of years ago, millions of years ago or billions of years ago. God can, however, prove the age of the Earth because He was there. And someday, when He returns to judge His creation, He might just do that.
Until then, we have the detailed historical record He left us with in written form – the Bible.
I know what some of you are thinking: “Farah, what about the dinosaurs that were tens of millions of years old? How do you explain that?” Quite simply, I don’t believe it. Throughout man’s history, in every culture, we have stories, pictures and sculptures depicting dragons and leviathans and sea serpents. Are we to believe these were all concocted in man’s imagination? Even the Bible references such observations. If behemoths like the one described in chapter 40 of the Book of Job somehow threatened the Bible account of history, I don’t think it would be there.
But here’s the bottom line: Is it crazier for me to believe the world is around 6,000 years old than it is to accept as scientific fact that it is actually millions or billions of years old?
Where’s the proof? Either way.
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Re: From the editor of on of X-Tigers favorite sources WND
Oct 24, 2014, 3:53 PM
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I don't understand the hoopla surrounding the age of the earth/universe. It is pretty easy to empirically measure that it is WAY over 6000. With a decent telescope you can see starts that are more than 6000 light years away, so since it would take more than 6000 years to reach us, that alone tells you the stars at least were around for much longer than that. And for what it's worth we can see stars that are BILLIONS of light years away. There is simply no logical reason to believe the earth is ~6000 years old.
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Re: From the editor of on of X-Tigers favorite sources WND
Oct 28, 2014, 6:18 PM
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god created the stars with the light already in motion, duh.
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the trouble with any...
Oct 28, 2014, 8:58 PM
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argument regarding distant objects is the relativistic effects of velocity. It is simply impossible to say how old the earth is with respect to extra-terrestrial things. We just cannot say what the relative situation was 1000 years ago and even what it is now.
As far as the age of the earth with respect to earthly evidence, there is none that says the earth is millions of years old. It just cannot be relied upon without a fundamental assumption supporting it. But you are right, why does it matter?
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Heisman Winner [111396]
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Re: the trouble with any...
Oct 28, 2014, 9:08 PM
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I dont know of any evidence that says the earth is a million years old either.
but mass spectrometry and the radiometric timescale suggest it is 4.55 billion years old.
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Lawd help me, i just TU balm the libtard!
Nov 3, 2014, 12:17 PM
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But he is correct here!
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Oculus Spirit [81628]
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Even with relativistic effects, it's still in the order of
Oct 28, 2014, 9:53 PM
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billions of years, not millions, not hundreds of thousands, and certainly not thousands.
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