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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > Think about this, the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 280 million years. Man,
> > that is homo sapiens, has only been around for about 40,000 years. When we
> > think in terms of these great spans of time, we realize that we are
> > relative newcomers.
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> Not that that is observable phenomena (which is what science deals with...)
> But that is a can of worms I'm sure no one wants me to open :)
Science indeed deals with observable phenomena, but it deals also with
phenomena that can be observed indirectly, be it through a particle
accelerator or through an examination of the fossil record.
Just so I'm clear on your views, how old do you believe the Earth to be?
Dave!
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| (...) I believe the earth to be young, about six to ten thousand years old. There have been many scientists who have examined the fossil record and found it to fit just as well in the context of a young earth as in an old one. Also, there are (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) True. It was written over about three thousand years before Him, and during the first century after Him. And in those texts written before Him were hundreds of prophecies about His life which He fulfilled. (...) Only a few hundred years after (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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