Re: asa-digest V1 #706

Moorad Alexanian (alexanian@UNCWIL.EDU)
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:01:53 -0500 (EST)

At 09:44 AM 1/20/98 -0700, John W. Burgeson wrote:
>Glenn wrote to Allen Roy: "If you can't explain this, then science
>doesn't support a young earth."
>
>Sorry -- I don't see this as a consequence of Allen's explaining it.
>
>Allen cannot speak for all YEC advocates.
>
>The question might be a proper one to ICR.
>
>If I were a YECer I'd simply say the stuff was created at the beginning
>that way. Pretty much the Gosse approach.
>
>(I have a difficulty here because I really don't think "science," or --
>more properly -- "scientific data" supports a young earth. If God really
>created the earth 6000 or so years ago -- He must have created it to
>appear older than that. Why would he do that? I have no idea. The
>"deceitful God" hypothesis is clearly ruled out -- but there may well
>have been other reasons.
>
>Burgy

Dear Burgy,

I am no young-earth advocate, but how old is a chair built by a carpenter?
For that matter, how old am I? Is my age to be determined from the time high
Z matter was created inside stars? Perhaps the question of the age of an
object is not as simple as it seems?

Take care,

Moorad