quote:
Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"Then perhaps it would be worth presenting some predictions founded
in a creationist framework, and evidence which bears the
predictions out, rather than simply state that the author has
already made up their mind ... dodging the challenge isn't
debating either"
--What would you accept as evidence? I have an idea, you show me something that is explainable and is evidence for a uniformitarian scale, and show me why it is only explainable by this reasoning. We can take it form there.
That's just evading a direct question ... yet again!!
All that is being asked is this ::
IF the biblical creation account is precise, what would you
expect to see in the modern world.
THEN do we see that in the modern world ?
It's hardly rocket science
What would I accept as evidence ? Show me a prediction founded
in YECism, show me evidence which can be interpreted as support
for that prediction ... if I(or others) can't refute it I'll
accept it.
As for a uniformitarian scale ... hmm ... I don't really see
why that's a problem.
If the processes (across all the sciences) we see today have always
operated (and if God created the universe this is likely) then
we can interpret the past based upon what we know of the present.
IF you are talking about gradualism, then I think you should read
around. No one is claiming that everything in the geologic
record was laid down gradually over millions of years .... but
much of it was.
Whe geologists study (geologists please say if I'm worng) I would
guess that they have knowledge of processes which are capable
of creating various different formations, and of how long those
processes take to operate.
"They [geologists] know from recent history that volcanoes can make abrupt changes to landscapes, and that a river flood can dump yards of mud in the space of days. So,
it is obvious that some rocks formed more quickly than others. Lyell himself said so in 1830 in his Principles of Geology."
(
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lindsay/creation/uniform.html)