08-31-2006, 01:13 PM
Quote:I like the way you are thinking.There is a group of people called the Institute of Creation Research who publish a great deal of literature that is aimed at calling into question the age of the earth in particular. What your friend asserts sounds like something out of one of their pamphlets. Needless to say, they haven't quite stormed the bastions of science, and pillaged the village of research, and burned the libraries of accumulated discovery.
When I was studying chemistry I had a fellow student that was very religious (one of those very tough dutch forms of protestantism). At least he was thinking about his religion very much but, (call me arrogant) what he said sounden very ridiculous to me.
He seriously thought the earth was only around 6000 years old. Phenomena like the Grand Canyon he explained with actions of God, and the layer structure and dinosaur bones were 'other things'. Carbon dating was not correct because the earths magnetic field would swith polarity once in a while.
So this guy was trying to use all kind of scientific 'proofs' (that made no sense) that would make his belief correct.
I know there are more (deeply) religious people in the world of natural sciences...something I can't really understand.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete