RE: Age of the earth

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:16:18 -0500

At 09:37 PM 8/22/98 -0500, Andrew wrote:
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>> [mailto:evolution-owner@udomo2.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Glenn R. Morton
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>> Why are you so distrustful of your fellow human beings?
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>People are only human. It is not uncommon for whole classes of people to be
>blinded by thier own prejudices. Given any controversial issue, there is
at >least one side being blinded for whatever reason.

Would this apply to Christians also?

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>> Art Chadwick, a believer in a Global flood, tried to repeat Burdick's
>> experiment. He took all sorts of precautions against contamination. He
>> found NO pollen. He wrote:
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>The reason you quote a Creationist for support of your position is because
>his conclusion can't be dismissed as a result of his interest.

No, the reason I quote Art, who is a personal friend of my in spite of our
differences, is that you might believe him and not be so distrustful. What
you have said is that all evolutionists are liars. What a terrible way to
start a conversation with an evolutionist.

All I'm
>asking for is something I can trust in regards to the reliability of
>radiometric dating. It doesn't impress me that someone published
>consistant dates with various methods.

Then I presume that it also doesn't impress you when young-earth
creationists publish radioacative dates that are inconsistent. Fair is
fair.
glenn

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