Problems with Genesis Creation

I hate to break it to you, but you have those two calendars mixed up. You know, in a way you're right. But only in the sense that modern man is a non-extinct ape. But I suspect that's not how you meant it. Based on that, you can say pretty much anything about dinosaurs, because they are not mentioned in the Bible at all. And the reason for that is that the people who wrote the stories in the Bible were not aware of the existence of dinosaurs on earth up to about 65 million years ago. Nor did they know that birds are probably the descendants of the dinosaurs. You could say they were generally pretty ignorant about natural history, period. Of course it can be, if you disregard most of the evidence. That way you can also surmise that aliens crafted those fossils from rocks and buried them in the strata just for fun. Or you can fantasize about the world having been created last Thursday by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, complete with a history to make it look 6000 years old to some, and 4.5 billion years old to others. But you have to ignore a huge amount of evidence to do so.

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.

You're welcome. Actually, that's not quite correct.Here's is an example of a correct syllogism:Premise 1: I am capable of making errors
Premise 2: I am human
Conclusion: Therefore humans are capable of making errorsHere's is an example of an incorrect syllogism:Premise 1: I am capable of making errors
Premise 2: I am human
Conclusion: Therefore God is not capable of making errorsThe error made in the last one is known as a non-sequitur.

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.

I thought you were half-way through kicking the habit, but I see you've had a relapse. Too bad.

I saw it before the edit. Hence the title, hence my quote, and hence "relapse". Any more clues, and I would have been forced to use emoticons...Edited by Parasomnium, : more fun

Would that argument still hold water if it was about someone else who claimed to be God?

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.