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Author Topic:   Evolution is a religion. Creation is a religion.
AdminNosy
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Message 164 of 180 (69296)
11-25-2003 9:02 PM
Reply to: Message 162 by ChildOfGod2516
11-25-2003 8:14 PM


Circular Reasoning: Evolutionists base the fossil record on geologic ages, then base the geologic ages on the assumption of evolution. This only proves evolutionists lack sound reasoning.
This isn't a lack of sound reasoning. It is a lack of your knowledge of the truth of the matter. Which suggests you have been reading web sites which are lying to you.
In fact the relative order of the rocks was worked out without dates. It was noticed that some specific rocks always held specific "index" fossils. Some estimates were made of the time that might be required to lay down so much sediment and layers of the types found. The creationists who did this work realized that the time scales HAD to be beyond a few thousands of years. Eventually radiometric dating became available. Lo and behold, the relative order of the strata was born out by the dating. Since then "index" fossils can be used to date rocks without separate dating because they have already been dated numerous times.
The above is a rough outline of the truth of the situation. Any site which tells you otherwise is dishonest.
When evolutionists announce a major discovery supposedly proving evolution, they usually use reasoning that stretches the imagination. For example, Lucy was hailed as a missing link. The evidence for Lucy was a few bones scattered several meters apart. From that little evidence, an artist drew a picture of what Lucy would look like. However, it was later determined to be more like a modern chimpanzee!
I suggest you give us some references for this information. You will find if you hang around long enough that your sources are just as wrong about this one as well.
Darwin’s 1859 Origin of Species, again presented no evidence of evolution.
What would you consider as evidence for evolution? You've read the "Origin of Species" I take it? I would agree that by the standards of the evidence that we have today he presented fairly little. However, that matters much less after we have amassed the evidence over the last century and a half. Again, what evidence are you looking for?
everything moves in a steady state.
This phrase is new to me. I haven't seen it tacked on to the other statement of what uniformaterianism means. Could you tell me where you got it from? (I hope not the sources you used above.)
There are too many nonsense statments in the rest of your post for me to take the time for now. I'll wait to see how you do with what we have so far. I'm also sure that while I'm writing this, others are taking it apart line by line. You are posting junk which has been posted inumerable times before.
Oops posted under the wrong name again!!
[This message has been edited by AdminNosy, 11-25-2003]

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