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(...) This is a rather large subject that I could only cover here in the briefest possible manner. In part, a number of techniques may be combined as double-checks: Known decay rates of radiactivity - Carbon-14 is the best known but there are a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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(...) Bruce (or anyone else, really :-), I have a question related to this, it's something I've pondered on but no teacher I've had could answer to my satisfaction, and it's one that I am honestly curious about and will welcome any answer that I can (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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(...) Basic bad science. Unwarranted extrapolation of evidence over a very brief period. It's kind of like watching the tide going out, walking away, and declaring the seas will dry up in a year, without any understanding of the ocean's (or sun's) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Indeed. I wish that I could remember the date, but I have a Scientific American that deals with the topic of alien contact, and how it may be to our peril if and when it happens. If the predator/prey relationship is universal, then we may be a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ryan: I don't know that I should weigh in on this issue, but here goes: I also am a Christian. I consider myself orthodox insofar as orthodox is not solely an institution of past precedent, but an on-going function of the body of believers to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, you've pointed out the two big "ifs" in that reasoning. There is no evidence that the shrinkage of the sun is linear, is one-directional, or is constant over time, so such reasoning isn't really useful for deducing the behavior of the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Science and beliefs (was Re: Alien races)
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(...) I'm sorry, Selçuk, but I don't understand what exactly you are asking. Could you please rephrase it? BTW, I'm a seventeen-year-old college student. Thanks, --Ryan (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) agrees (...) Studies done by astronomer John Eddy and mathematician Aram Boornazian in the 1970's proved that the sun is shrinking. They reported that the sun is shrinking at a rate of ten miles (16 km) per year. (Eddy, J. A. and Boornazian, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When Adam sinned, He incurred the punishment for sin: "in the day that you eat from it [the forbidden tree] you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:17). Adam did not drop dead then, but the biological tendency to die started working and nine hundred (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was exaggerating for effect, of course. But yes, he did say billions and billions on occasion. Bruce (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, and it remains a landmark series and definitely worth renting (I think there are 9 episodes). The public library AV department in my town had the video series in their PBS section, maybe yours does too. I don't know if places like (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ryan, could you please inform us about your profession/occupation? Just wondering. I never think that science is a matter of "beliefs", so I just wanted to learn which "facts" do you have under your "scientific belief", and how can you obtain (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmmm....I should probably clarify, my bad. I believe there is a certain amount of courtesy which should be practiced and given out for free, such as holding doors open for the person behind you, not parking directly in front of a guy whose (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The play's the thing (was Re: Does God have a name for God have a name for God....)
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(...) I'm tryin to keep things as cool as possible, if any serious debate starts over it I'm not going to get involved, there's no need. To me this group is just a fun place to yammer back and forth over stuff that probably isn't taken too (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed. Being at least somewhat courteous is an implicit requirement in the ToS here. Even to darn fools that you do not respect. ++Lar (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The play's the thing (was Re: Does God have a name for God have a name for God....)
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(...) No matter what the result is, there will always be someone eager to: Misinterpret it. Fake it. Believe it happened according to his own pet theory. Robert (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I'm not interested in getting into your other debate, but I disagree with your opinion on this point. I think that is *exactly* the *difference* between courtesy & respect - one is given freely, the other is earned. ROSCO (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Does God have a name for God? (was: 20 Years of TLC's Frustration with "LEGOS")
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(...) It's probably using the reference header to sort them instead of the subject. Just out of curiosity, what news reader are you using? Seems odd that it should randomly put spaces into the subject line. o_O (...) Gee, PKB lames, have ye reached (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The play's the thing (was Re: Does God have a name for God have a name for God....)
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(...) Just try & cool it Robert. It may sound like that to you, but yours is only one opinion. (...) No, some may have followed your links - that doesn't imply they know who you are. ROSCO (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Is Robert Bevens exceedingly obnoxious? (was: Does God have a name for God? (was: 20 Years...))
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(...) Uh, excuse your stupidity, but after doing it just once, one should be able to tell it breaks the thread apart...unless they're just blind or stupid, and I sure as heck wouldn't ever call Jennifer stupid. I mean if you're having such a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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