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Author Topic:   How old did the Garden of Eden appear on Day 7?
cavediver
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Message 1 of 35 (236689)
08-25-2005 4:30 AM


If this has been covered a thousand times, my apologies. I haven't seen anything on it here (search is disabled) and AiG seems to be quiet on the issue...
Creation science seems to reject the notion of apparent age and insists on a scientific evidence trail back to creation. My first question is...
What were the constituents of the soil in Eden?
I believe that consideration of this question leads either to an apparent age or to a non-scientific miraculous event

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cavediver
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Message 3 of 35 (237655)
08-27-2005 5:31 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by AdminNosy
08-26-2005 7:37 PM


Re: Where to?
That would be perfect, thank you...

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cavediver
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Message 6 of 35 (238543)
08-30-2005 8:53 AM
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08-30-2005 4:17 AM


Re: Reject apparent age?
I was thinking specifically of the organic content of soil... the detritus. If Adam had investigated, what would he have concluded about the origin of this organic material?

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cavediver
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Message 12 of 35 (294219)
03-11-2006 5:59 AM
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01-18-2006 1:52 PM


Re: Soil Constituents in Eden
Sorry Philip, I'd completely forgotten this thread of mine and only just noticed your reply!
My point concerns what Adam would have noticed about the Eden soil, not observations from today. The questiosn is, would Adam have perceived "dead" organic matter and what would he have concluded.
I agree, there is often an implicit "apparent age" in YEC scenarios but mostly they stop short of "fabrication", in the sense of dead things that never were alive (supernova progenitors, fossilised life, and in this case decayed life).

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Message 13 of 35 (294221)
03-11-2006 6:02 AM
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03-03-2006 3:27 PM


Re: Apparent age?
I am more concerned about more obvious conclusions. For example, if Adam had dug down, would he have discovered fossils? Not in most YEC beliefs. But if he examined the soil, would he have discovered dead organic matter (leaves for example) that was never actually alive? Or was the soil of Eden of a totally different character?

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