RE: Age of the earth

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Sun, 23 Aug 1998 09:05:33 -0700

> [mailto:evolution-owner@udomo2.calvin.edu]On Behalf Of Glenn R. Morton

> Why are you so distrustful of your fellow human beings?

Andrew: <<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.>>

But since you lack any evidence that the issue is 1) controversial 2) has people blinded to the issue, it would appear that your accusations remain slightly unfounded in fact.

> 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:

Andrew: <<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. 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.>>

So what would impress you ? Discordant dates ? Do you even understand the physical principle underlying radioactive decay ? You appear to accuse a lot but what do you really have to contribute to this 'controversy' ?