Jim wrote:
> I don't necessarily think so (not an expert on this) -- to me
> if there were no plants at all, I think we'd have more of an
> apparent contradiction.
Ok, how about this contradiction:
GEN 1:11-13 -- Describes the creation of plants, on the third day.
GEN 1:14-19 -- Describes the creation of the Stars, the Sun and the Moon,
on the fourth day.
Are we to assume that plants (including, according to Genesis all herbs,
fruits, etc.) were able to survive BEFORE the Sun existed (or that the
Earth existed before the Sun and other stars, for that matter)?
Sounds like a pretty clear contradiction of every natural law to me!
> The more I think of the "ideal age" theory, the more intriguing
> I find it. That's the one where everything that is created looks
> older than it really is. Of course, it is a biblical and geological
> stretch, and I don't want to cling to some theory simply because it
> cannot be disproven.
It's an ideal theory--it requires no proof (and, in fact, demonstrates
that any "proof" which contradicts is, by its very aging a clear
demonstration that the theory is right), appeals to anyone who lacks
scientific understanding, and carries superstition to the thought disorder
stage.
Imagine if the courts were compelled to accept a comparable "theory" from
defendants--that all the evidence, no matter how scientific in nature,
used against them was created as a way of "testing" the faith of the
jurors.
Hmmmmmm . . .
Of course, the burden of proof doesn't rest with the scientists who date
the materials--it rests with those who claim those dates are false because
the materials were "planted" to test our faith, but they are so sold on
their theory that they ignore this obvious fact. What they believe isn't
really a theory, of course, instead it's the pale cry of the religious
zealot whose irrational beliefs are in the process of being revealed to be
scientifically absurd.
Rick,
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