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13th century rabbi says universe billions of years old

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02-04-2016 11:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 20 by OrthodoxJew
02-04-2016 10:52 AM

OrthodoxJew writes:
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I therefore say, in like manner, that you have ducked my point: How did a rabbi in the 13th century... analyze Bible commentaries that were already ancient in his time, and get the same answer as modern science?
You're missing the point that science uses multiple methods to arrive at the same age. You could accidentally come up with the same number by mashing your hand on the keyboard of a calculator. Just getting "the right answer" doesn't validate your method.
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