Re: asa-digest V1 #3700

From: Gary Collins (gwcollins@algol.co.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2003 - 06:40:02 EDT

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    Jack Jackson (I think) wrote:

    > I have observed many here (and on other lists) who want hard answers in
    >response to a YEC position. Hundreds of billions (if not trillions) of
    >dollars have been spent on OE investigation and modeling by oil companies,
    >universities, governments, etc. Thousands have been spent on creational
    >modeling's.

    Perhaps that's because OE theory 'works,' i.e. makes predictions
    and yields results which are useful. OTOH I am unaware of any
    YE theory that has yielded useful practical results. To me, this is
    evidence that OE is basically the correct position - though there
    may be many fine details still to be worked out. But then, I'm no
    geologist. Perhaps you - or someone else - could give us some
    details of how YE theories can actively be used in a practical
    application? I read one book by a (Christian) geologist who pointed
    out that almost without exception, the whole of the Flood Geology
    edifice has been developed by armchair theorists who don't have to
    live day by day with the consequences of what they preach. Is this a
    fair comment?
    /Gary



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