Glenn Morton a Ècrit:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Guy Blanchet [mailto:guyblanchet@sympatico.ca]
> >Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 2:55 AM
> >To: Glenn Morton
> >Cc: asa@calvin.edu
> >Subject: Re: Oppressive YEC
> >
> >
> >> Glenn,
> >
> >> [....] No, Guy, all roads lead to the conclusion of a young-earth. [...]
> >
> >> see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
> >> for lots of creation/evolution information
> >> anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
> >> personal stories of struggle
> >
> >Sorry for deleting your text. But I did leave one sentence
> >appearing near the end
> >just to prove that I read it all. (By the way I think there in a
> >typo in that
> >sentence.)
>
> OOPS, you are correct. All roads lead to the conclusion of an OLD-earth and
> an OLD universe. Goes to show that I don't do a good job of proofreading.
>
> >
> >I must say that I'm quite impressed with all of the energy put into this by
> >experts around the world. However, I think our definitions of
> >verification don't
> >match. To verify the old earth theory one would be required to
> >build a time
> >machine and go backward in time to actually check out what in fact
> >occured. I can
> >picture you at the controls of this machine. Let me see. You
> >would first dial in
> >year 8000 BC and then proceed backwards from there second by
> >second.....very
> >carefully....just in case....
>
> It is very interesting that you set a standard for proof that will never
> allow for any verification. By your standard, you can't verify a
> young-earth either. WHich I suppose is your methodology so that you can
> claim that the two views are equivalent in epistemologic value.
>
> But by your standard we should never convict anyone of murder, for murder
> happened in the past and we surely should require a time machine to ensure
> that we get the right guy before locking him away for life. Don't you agree
> that we should never convict a murderer because we lack your standard of
> verification? I expect that you will lead a protest movement to free all
> criminal suspects from their jail cells because we can never verify that
> they did the deed. What will you call your movement, which you should be
> ethically required to found?
>
> The problem is that you didn't discuss any of the evidence presented. You
> ignored it as if it had never been said (with the exception of my typo). Why
> is it that young-earthers never seem to respond to data but merely clip it
> from their replies and from their memories? Do you know why, Guy?
>
> glenn
>
> see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
> for lots of creation/evolution information
> anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
> personal stories of struggle
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >
Glenn,
Who says I'm a YEC!!!! Another one of your suppositions???? I'm a scientist
saying that the proof pointing towards the old earth is good. But that 's all
it does : it meerly points to that conclusion. That theory contains a lot of
verification points but not the final ultimate de visu verification.
As for our
legal system, it does the best it can. No I will not open up every jail to let
people out. By the same token I will not assume that everyone convicted is
guilty. You are right on one thing : I can't prove earth is young. Does this
set things straight?
Regards
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