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crashfrog
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Message 13 of 34 (405173)
06-11-2007 7:32 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by Eilidh
06-11-2007 1:28 PM


Re: Welcome Welcome Welcome
I'm afraid I am a "Young Earth" believer. I know that doesn't go down well with most people of today.
We'd never tell you that it's wrong because it's unpopular. Popularity of a belief is never evidence.
The problem for you is that your position is contradicted by a vast weight of verified scientific evidence.
There was a time I even wondered if there was a God.
I don't wonder, I guess, but that's not something I expect to be able to convince you on.
But saying "the Earth is 6,000 years old" isn't the same kind of thing as saying "there's a God who loves me." It's a lot more like saying "there's a ham sandwich in my refrigerator."
In other words, it's a claim of fact that, if true, evidence can be found for; and if false, evidence of its falsity can be found. And indeed we've found such evidence - abundantly.
Thankfully I am now in a happy contented place (well, with my faith at least)
Faith doesn't have anything to do with the age of the Earth. That's a factual claim that we can examine with the evidence.

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