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The Earth: 6,000 years old or much more than that?
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Which do you think is correct?
The Earth is 6,000 years old (biblical approach).
16%
 16%  [ 13 ]
The Earth is more than 6,000 years old (i.e. a few billion).
83%
 83%  [ 66 ]
Total Votes : 79

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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love this 'we don't really know crap'.

Sure its hard to prove 100% how old the universe is but the evidence for a very old universe is a mountainous beside the evidence for one that is 6000 years old or younger.

Of course yes, it could all be an illusion but that line of reasoning is pointless.
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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is some Biblical astronomical wisdom which someone else has compiled:

▶ the earth does not move (Ps. 93:1, 104:5)
▶ the sun revolves around the earth (Josh. 10:12-14)
▶ stars exist for the purpose of illuminating the earth (Gen. 1:14-18)
▶ the earth is disk-shaped (1 Thess. 4:16; Rev 1:7)
▶ the earth has four corners (Rev. 7:1)
▶ the earth has four ends (Is. 40:28)
▶ the earth floats in a sea (Ps. 24:1-2; 136:6)
▶ the earth is supported on pillars (Job 9:6; Ps. 75:3)
▶ the sky is a solid dome (Gen. 1:6-8; Job 37:18; Ps. 104:2)
▶ it rains through windows in this dome (Gen. 7:11; Ps. 78:23)
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JMO wrote:
I love this 'we don't really know' crap.


It's taking the fact science is tentative and concluding we don't know anything. This is the false continuum fallacy.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did any of you see the article about how Bill Nye was booed in Texas because he pointed out that Genesis 1:16 ("�God made two great lights � the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.�).

He pointed out that the sun, the �greater light,� is but one of countless stars and that the �lesser light� is the moon, which really is not a light at all, rather a reflector of light.

A number of audience members left the room at that point, visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence.

http://www.ocellated.com/2006/04/13/bill-nye-in-waco/
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Privateer



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow. There are actually 12 fruitloops on this board who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old! Surprised
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tomato



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Race Traitor, that works both ways.
After Kenneth S. Saladin, Associate Professor of Biology
at Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia debated Creationist Duane Gish, several people told him to "go back to Russian where you came from." He got a letter requesting that he "be so kind as to DIE, and thus make the world a better place."

A local businessman put up a sign saying, "If you think you came from a
fish, let's see how long you can hold your breath under water."

The director of a local Christian school asked him to come and speak toone of his classes about the scientific method. When he got there, he found that he was to debate with a local Creationist in front of the entire student body.


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IncognitoHFX



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Privateer wrote:
Wow. There are actually 12 fruitloops on this board who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old! Surprised


Yeah, whoever voted for 6000 years old... please step forward. I want to know who you are so I can A) call you a retard and B) call you a retard and C) never take anything you say seriously, ever again.

Actually, this goes for all Christians. Anyone want to come up and justify their faith? Evil or Very Mad
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cubanlord



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IncognitoHFX wrote:
Privateer wrote:
Wow. There are actually 12 fruitloops on this board who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old! Surprised


Yeah, whoever voted for 6000 years old... please step forward. I want to know who you are so I can A) call you a retard and B) call you a retard and C) never take anything you say seriously, ever again.

Actually, this goes for all Christians. Anyone want to come up and justify their faith? Evil or Very Mad


Laughing No need to get your panties in a bunch!
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IncognitoHFX



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cubanlord wrote:
IncognitoHFX wrote:
Privateer wrote:
Wow. There are actually 12 fruitloops on this board who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old! Surprised


Yeah, whoever voted for 6000 years old... please step forward. I want to know who you are so I can A) call you a retard and B) call you a retard and C) never take anything you say seriously, ever again.

Actually, this goes for all Christians. Anyone want to come up and justify their faith? Evil or Very Mad


Laughing No need to get your panties in a bunch!


Nah, I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed and starting a fight on the internet makes me feel better about stuff. Laughing
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomato wrote:
Race Traitor, that works both ways.
After Kenneth S. Saladin, Associate Professor of Biology
at Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia debated Evolutionist Duane Gish, several people told him to "go back to Russian where you came from." He got a letter requesting that he "be so kind\d as to DIE, and thus make the world a better place."


But if he did die, the world would be a better place.
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IncognitoHFX wrote:
cubanlord wrote:
IncognitoHFX wrote:
Privateer wrote:
Wow. There are actually 12 fruitloops on this board who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old! Surprised


Yeah, whoever voted for 6000 years old... please step forward. I want to know who you are so I can A) call you a retard and B) call you a retard and C) never take anything you say seriously, ever again.

Actually, this goes for all Christians. Anyone want to come up and justify their faith? Evil or Very Mad


Laughing No need to get your panties in a bunch!


Nah, I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed and starting a fight on the internet makes me feel better about stuff. Laughing


I'd like to know too. My wife looked at this post and remarked "18% of foreigners in this country are stupid." I have to keep her away from here.

Not that I think all Christians need to justify their beliefs.
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JMO



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well if you honestly believe the earth is 6000 yearsold, i'd like to know about it before i voted for you for example or you were put in any position of responsibility. you would obviously be a danger to those around you.

of course itspossible that you could compartmentalize your insane religious beliefs and be sane otherwise but id rather not tke the chance.
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brento1138



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe the Bible just needs a good ole' update!! Like, version 2.0.

"in the beginning, billions of years ago, there was a big bang! thousands of galaxies and stars burst forth, shedding thy light...and God said, it was good...and god rested on Saturday AND Sunday..."

"Thy dinosaurs sinned, being too dinosaur-like, and God cast a large rock down upon Thy Earth! Begone! saideth he! And in the mist, out came a monkey.."

"And god said... 'this creation is just so-so...are monkeys the best i can do!??' Satan then saideth, "try your besteth" and God saideth, "Word. Watch this mutation in genes!" and poof! After several attempts, and over several thousands of years, out popped a man from thy same mist... into *ahem* the garden of... err.. Africa..."

Like I say. Bible needs an update. We can just say God wrote it, and people should believe us. Cool
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brento1138 wrote:
Maybe the Bible just needs a good ole' update!! Like, version 2.0.

"in the beginning, billions of years ago, there was a big bang! thousands of galaxies and stars burst forth, shedding thy light...and God said, it was good...and god rested on Saturday AND Sunday..."

"Thy dinosaurs sinned, being too dinosaur-like, and God cast a large rock down upon Thy Earth! Begone! saideth he! And in the mist, out came a monkey.."

"And god said... 'this creation is just so-so...are monkeys the best i can do!??' Satan then saideth, "try your besteth" and God saideth, "Word. Watch this mutation in genes!" and poof! After several attempts, and over several thousands of years, out popped a man from thy same mist... into *ahem* the garden of... err.. Africa..."

Like I say. Bible needs an update. We can just say God wrote it, and people should believe us. Cool


You think there's any way we can convince God to have rested on Friday as well?
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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Race Traitor, I messed it all up.
I thought you were talking someone being booed off the platform for advocating the Biblical standpoint.
I didn't recognize Bill Nye as "the science guy."
And the fellow I was talking about was debating a Creationist, not an Evolutionist.
I now corrected that.
I was in a big hurry to go to work.

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