Evidence for an Old Earth

Hi,It seems that, even by your trimming of the number of animals on the ark, there is far more than the teacher at your camp implied.Only the unclean animals were taken in pairs, and the clean animals, of which there are far more, were taken in 7 pairs of each, so there are fourteen of every clean animal and only two of every unclean animal.Genesis 7:2: of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;Also I would like to comment on this claim: This is a problem with having a conclusion before you look at the evidence. You assume that there must be something wrong with the fossil record because it negates your belief of an accurate Bible. This is not a good stance if you are seriously investigating the evidence.Here is a good exercise for you to try. Investigate the evidence for a worldwide flood 4400 years ago without referring to the Bible, can you find evidence from any other sources? This is something that I used to do when I was having doubting my commitment to Christianity, I won't tell you any specifics incase it taints your investigation.I know that you are young PE, I teach at High School and I know the capabilities of an average 14 year old, it is good that you are entering into discussions with people who have a very good knowledge of the topics that you are interested in. I would urge you to actually listen to what they are telling you and follow it up at your local library, these websites that you have mentioned, such as Dr.Dino all have their own agendas, Kent Hovind has zero credibility in scientific circles, I doubt he has any credibility in biblical studies circles as well.It is fine to read Hovind, but you should really decide things for yourself, dont take Hovind's, or anyone else's, word as being 'gospel', take on board what they are saying but ultimately it is a good idea to make up your own mind. If you find that something Hovind says sounds plausible to you, you then need to examine the reasons why it sounds plausible to see if they survive closer scrutiny.As you probably know, Hovind is a bit of a joke on the Internet and in my opinion he only has credibiltiy amongst the ignorant and psychologically damaged. But you decide for yourself if he is an expert on anything or not.Brian.