> Allen Roy wrote:
>
> From: Michael Roberts <topper@robertschirk.u-net.com>
> > Remember YEC has been a minority viewpoint since 1800 - except in
> the USA
> > from 1961 and it is growing here but I prefer to take a traditional
> and
> > Victorian interpretation of Genesis and ignore these recent
> heretical
> > innovations of Henry Morris et al.
>
> So it is "recent" to beieve the YEC point of view?
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh well,
At the risk of falsely aligning myself with the ideas of Allen Roy, I
must say that it is CLEARLY RIDICULOUS for ASA members to say that "YEC
is a new and USA phenomenon". Obviously, it is ONLY(!!) after Darwin
(and a long time after Darwin) that the YEC viewpoint has been actively
"discredited" by the "scientific community".
Come-on guys! For how long have we "known" the laws of radioactive decay
in order to "Date Fossils"?
It was surely not before the year 1900 and the date "1800" was based
upon notions that had nothing to do with modern science and radioactive
decay. This is one of the major issues with SINCERE YECs. (i.e. How
sould the "scientific dating" begin well before the background physics
was in place?) For how long have the QM "laws" for such decay been
known? How old is QM? As my granddaughter says: "Get Serious!!!!!"
The TRUTH is as Allen states!: It is only in VERY VERY RECENT times that
science has arisen to dispute the claims of YEC. Does it invalidate the
truth of ASA to be honest about some of the real FACTS! ----- To admit
that YEC PRECEDED what ASA stands for today? ----- Must we LIE to make a
point? (And then accuse the YEC of being "liars"?)
IMHO ================> All this is hypocritical and is NOT a good idea
Walt
> SNIP
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com> In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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