Hi Darryl,
I will allow some time before delving deeper into the excellent issues
that you raised.
For now,
I think we all need to treat the Bible as real history until shown
otherwise. Here's another short list (aimed at the forehead of YEC
leadership, however you would like to define that).
1. Where, on your websites, can I find the top 1-2 arguments for a
young earth?
2. Genesis describes the flood as rising 15 cubits above the earth.
You are now blatantly playing games with the Bible.
3. (Jim's "speculation") I imagine that God will begin to dry up the
funding of YEC. Sadly, this has become a scalding Christian issue.
I can't think of anything else that divides the church in this fashion.
4. Here's a stab, for now, at your geology questions (back to Darryl).
Deposits at Ur, Kish, Shuruppak, Uruk, and Lagash all around the same
period (with, basically, no deposits at other time periods).
Qualifier - Parrot interpreted the Lagash deposit as packing for
the foundation of a temple
Note: Nineveh (to the north) didn't have deposits dating to a
similar time period
One last thought (on Glenn's post). Your research is wildly inaccurate.
The Bible says not one whit about Turkey. Try the region of Ararat, or
Urartu.
Wait, one more thought before I hit send. Best's book (1999) was excellent
and lacking all at once. His dating of the flood to 2900 BC was convincing.
Certainly, there seems to be no ground for dating any earlier than 2750 BC.
Maybe, at some point, I will check out his radiocarbon source. The
reference
is Harriet Crawford, Sumer and the Sumerians (London: Cambridge University
Press, 1991) p. 19. My impression is that radiocarbon dating is very
accurate
nowadays. They made a dendochronological correction that is described in
Bailey's book on the flood. Best also uses pottery analysis which shows a
clear break that he believes indicates when the flood hit.
Simply put, Best is biased against miracles. His solution to the long ages
in the Genesis genealogies? Impossible!
Jim Eisele
Genesis in Question
http://genesisinquestion.org
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