> Ironic, isn't it. That is the definition of 'uniformitarian thinking' in a
> nutshell. Let me make this very clear. In one breath, the ICR is using
> 'uniformitarian thinking' to research, promote, and defend their hypothesis
> of Flood Geology. And then in the next breath they disparage conventional
> geology because of its reliance on 'uniformitarian thinking'. (Heads, I
> win; tail, you lose). I realize that probably none of us are totally
> consistent in our arguments but to me this appears to be a major
> fundamental inconsistency in thinking.
It seems to be quite popular among young-earth advocates to use "uniformitarian" as a term to slander anyone who disagrees while simultaneously making unjustifiable uniformitarian arguments.
For the former, the "logic" seems to be
Atheists make uniformitarian arguments.
Anyone who uses uniformitarian arguments is an atheist.
I have also seen the claim that atheists have to be strict uniformitarians, in the caricature of Lyell sense of assuming past uniformity in things that don't have constant rates. Not sure why this is supposed to be the case.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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