Re: RATE Vol. II

--- Randy Isaac <randyisaac@adelphia.net> wrote:

 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
> To: "Randy Isaac" <randyisaac@adelphia.net>; "Peter Ruest"
> <pruest@mysunrise.ch>; <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: RATE Vol. II
>
>
> >2 commments on the material below.
> >
> > 1) There is not the slightest reason to think that radioactive decay is
> > evil & a consequence of human sin. In order to make the neutron stable
> > against beta-decay e.g. the physical properties of the universe would be
> > changed radically, leading to the quasi-Manichean conclusion that I've
> > noted earlier. & by insisting on this idea the RATE people have given
> > themselves a completely artificial difficulty. (Which is not to say that
> > the notion of increased decay before the fall has any observational basis
> > anyway.)

In fact radioactive decay helps produce the heat necessary to keep the magma
liquid, which in turn supports plate techtonics, which many astrobiologists
consider necessary for a planet to sustain life.

Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.303.8651 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31

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Received on Thu May 18 22:33:55 2006