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Searching for Ancient Truth

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03-09-2006 6:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by Faith
03-09-2006 6:27 PM

Re: Missing the topic
You can "predict" you'll find such and such but even if you do you can't be certain there isn't some other explanation for it
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That's true in physics and chemistry as well, though. This phenomenon of false positives is present in every science, but it doesn't cause you to dismiss physics and chemistry (which, BTW, are the sciences that developed the underpinnings of geology and radiometric dating.)
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