Which came first: the young earth, or the inerrant scripture?

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1) Mathematics is the most exact science known to man.

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This is false. Mathematics is not a science.-

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2) Evolution is only a theory.

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This is false. Evolution has been confirmed pretty well over the last 150 years.-

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God created a grown man and woman and an "old" earth.

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Wow! The old omphalos argument! Actually, God created the earth only a week ago, including all the "historical artifacts" and all of the "memories" that we have.

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Evolution Contradicts the Word of God.

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Well, if that's true, then the Word of God is sadly false.

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Keep in mind this thread was started because holmes wanted to know how specific christains came to not believe in evolution.

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Well, Tal is correct.

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I have never in my life said anything as ignorant as, "Mathematics is not a science."

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Nor have I ever in my life said anything as ignorant as, "Mathematics is a science."

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Darwin based his original account on a Lamarckian view of inheritance....

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This isn't quite correct. Darwin's theory was not based on any theory of inheritance. While it is true that Darwin did speak of the theory of inheritance current to his day, namely pangenesis and the possibility of the inheritance of acquired characteristics, his theory of evolution was independent of any particular theory of inheritance.The only particulars of inheritance that are necessary to the theory of evolution is that physical characteristics are largely inherited, and that new variations of heritable physical characteristics can spontaneously appear; both of these were known even at that time to occur from observation. The exact mechanisms by which these occur are unimportant, and even if modern genetics were somehow found to be largely erroneous it would not at all be a significant set back for the theory of evolution.