Debbie Downer

Aug 24, 2006 23:42

When I read the word "Entry", the first thing that comes to mind is "Entry-Level Position". And then I slit my wrists ( Read more... )

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danakelly_rocks September 14 2006, 04:24:53 UTC
WEll. Carbon dating is very reliable and shows that they are far older than that (since they can't even be dated with carbon since it's half life is rarely long enough).

Geologists also tend to believe that the earth functions pretty much the same today as it did a billion some years ago. If this person can also be convinced of this, then his assertion is very false. Depositions rates of lakes, rivers are so small, that there is no way 600 feet of sediment could be deposited in one flood, no matter how big. The Great Salt Lake is the remnant of a huuuuge lake in that area. It was dammed by rocks (or whatever), but eventually, the pressure of the water was so great, that the dam broke and carved out a huge valley (the one that Evel Kaneval jumped over). It carved a valley, but it didn't deposit miles and miles of sediment.

There are rock types found on earth that are no longer even made. Red rocks indicate an oxidizing environment, and can show times of extreme turmoil on earth. There are "Red Beds" found during the time the dinosaurs went extinct, and there are red beds during other major extinction events as well. But red beds aren't forming today, and they haven't for a long time. There are also rocks called BIFS - Banded Iron Formations - and they are about 2.1 billion years old. They are rocks that are banded with red chert (high iron content) and hematite. The layers show periods in the Earth's history when there was little oxygen in the atmosphere. Red indicate oxygen, which would have been released by cyanobacteria or other oxygen releasing bacteria, and the grey hematite was deposited during times in which there was little oxygen in the air. BIFs aren't found any younger than 2.1 because at that point, the earth became oxygen rich.

I don't know if any of this proves that the earth is older than 6000 years old, but I'm pretty sure the Bible was a bunch of exaggerated facts. Ask your friend if people really lived 900 some years. But I'm sure you already have.

BUt I can't really argue with anyone who is dumb enough to think the earth is 6000 years old. No offense, but it's a touchy subject with geologists, and we tend not to ration with these types. It just makes us angry and rude.

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earthbound01 September 18 2006, 03:26:36 UTC
you're probably tired of having to repeat yourself a million times and deal with spurious claims that your science is based on nothing.
Thank you for the information. I'm compiling a compelling argument to why the world is probably not the way it says it is in the book of Genesis.

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