Re: It's no joke!

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:21:40 EST CMSharp01@aol.com writes:
>
> Hi Vernon,
>
> You are naive if you think C14 dating will change the mind
> of a rigid YEC. If a small amount of C14 is found, no matter
> how small (due to contamination or some irradiation from
> the rocks), YECs will say that this proves the specimen is
> less than many millions of years old, thus by implication is
> only a few thousand years old. If no C14 is found, YECs
> will ignore that result and state that "evolutionists" are
> making uniformitarian assumptions.
>
> I remember arguing with dogmatic YECs about distant
> starlight, for which the evidence is completely irrefutable,
> but they reply that I am making uniformitarian assumptions,
> or God created the universe to look old. I remember asking
> a YEC what evidence would make him change his mind
> about a global Noah's flood, and he said none. This is the
> hallmark of dogmatism, when one is not prepared, even in
> principle, to be open to other ideas.
>
> Don't forget that people who are locked in a dogmatic
> paradigm, be it creationism, lysenkoism, astrology or ufology,
> believe that they have the absolute truth, and no amount of
> evidence to the contrary will make them change their mind.
> On the other hand they will gladly accept any evidence that
> supports (or appears to support) their beliefs, but that
> evidence is meaningless as they rerject in principle any
> contrary evidence.
>
> Christopher Sharp
>
>
You are unfortunately right. I recall an article in /Creation Research
Society Journal/ some time back arguing that, because the count of rings
in bristlecone pines gave dates beyond 6000 years, used to correct C-14
dating, there must have been double rings produced some years. Since the
tree-ring count has been extended considerably more recently, there must
have been three rings most years. To phrase it differently, ALL the
evidence supports the Creationist position--though only true believers
see it.
Dave
Received on Sun Mar 27 21:52:05 2005