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Huntard

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Message 13 of 60 (565932)
06-22-2010 3:19 AM

Reply to: Message 12 by Flyer75
06-22-2010 1:58 AM

Flyer75 writes:

If comets have been proven by all scientists alike to only be able to "survive" for roughly 100,000 years, how are any still around if the universe is 4.5 billion years old?

1) The universe is 13.5 billion years old. Our solar system is 4.5 billion years old.
2) What does this have to do with evolution?

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Message 15 of 60 (565937)
06-22-2010 3:49 AM

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06-22-2010 3:28 AM

Re: sorry

Flyer75 writes:

Well, where do comets come from then??? Why do we still have comets around if they only last 100,000 years or less? When did they form? Just 100,000 years ago and if so, how? Will there be anymore comets when these ones burn up? Or do Oort Clouds really exist?

Well, I don;t really know about comets. But I suspect that if scientists hypothesize an "Oort cloud", they probably have some very good reasons to do so. They're scientists afterall, not really into just making some stuff up without any evidence whatsoever.

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Message 32 of 60 (566108)
06-23-2010 3:02 AM

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06-23-2010 2:48 AM

Re: Comets

Flyer75 writes:

The absence of proof does not mean that proof does not exist somewhere. It just means we haven't found it yet OR it really doesn't exist. Like you said, time will tell.

Of course. However the problem with the creationist argument is that they turn this into a false dichotomy:

"Because we haven't discovered the Oort cloud yet, God must've made the earth and everything else 6000 years ago!"

I hope you see the flaw with this reasoning.

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