Well I can beat Glenn and always do when I can! After 30 years I have found
the same thing as Glenn and when people say the evidence for the age of the
earth is equivocal then I suspect them of being very naive or YEC.
It is not even handed to say that some people say black is white.
Glenn has a very important and serious point as it is used by some as a
debating tactic to undermine clear evidence for an old earth.
Sorry to be blunt
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Morton" <glenn.morton@btinternet.com>
To: <guyblanchet@sympatico.ca>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:42 AM
Subject: RE: Oppressive YEC
>
>
> Guy wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> Not exactly. In my long experience in the creation/evolution area (over 20
> years) I have never met a scientist who questioned the evidence for an old
> earth the way you are unless they were either YEC, or crypto-YEC. Nor have
I
> met many scientists who use the flawed logic you do to support some sort
of
> open-minded position on the age of the earth. Most of them have been YECs
> so my supposition has a high probability of being correct even should it
> turn out to be false in this case. I can rule out your being a
philosopher,
> because of your use of logic and the unbelievably high standard for
'proof'
> you tried to promulgate.
>
> So that one can cease making suppositions, What is your discipline? What
> exactly are your views with regard to the age of the earth? Have you
> published anything on the area of creation/evolution? in science?
>
> 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
>
>
> >
>
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