Creation vs. Evolution
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Let me get this right, you think it's foolish, yet you don't even know jack about how the date the stuff? I've taken this from a website, it explains it better then I ever could.
"Dating a fossil in terms of approximately how many years old it is can be possible using radioisotope-dating of igneous rocks found near the fossil. Unstable radioactive isotopes of elements, such as Uranium-235, decay at constant, known rates over time (its half-life, which is over 700 million years). An accurate estimate of the rock's age can be determined by examining the ratios of the remaining radioactive element and its daughters. For example, when lava cools, it has no lead content but it does contain some radioactive Uranium (U-235). Over time, the unstable radioactive Uranium decays into its daughter, Lead-207, at a constant, known rate (its half-life). By comparing the relative proportion of Uranium-235 and Lead-207, the age of the igneous rock can be determined. Potassium-40 (which decays to argon-40) is also used to date fossils. "
And yes, it's very accurate.
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Swift
Carbon dating, based on the radioactive half-life of carbon, which can be found in all living things.
EDIT: Code_Kev beat me to it.
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Carbon dating is only accurate up to about 50,000 years btw.
"Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. 50,000 years"
But even this makes a mockery of the 6000 years business though.
"Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. 50,000 years"
But even this makes a mockery of the 6000 years business though.
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That would be hilarious, if it wasn't so pathetic and so terrifying at the same time. I'm appalled; literally speechless. There are truly frightening implications to that mindset.Zardoz
I was just going to say that. However, there are several other forms of radiaoctivity dating that are more accurate and have a much longer period of resolution, as in hundreds of millions or billions of years.code_kev
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Duke
Have you taken the Museum Walk-Through yet?
I'd love to check out the Stargazers' Room:
"Peer back into the deepest recesses of the heavens, and discover that the latest images of the stars confirm an all powerful Creator, not a random bang!"
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My question is, can nothing else effect the degredation of said compounds used for dating fossils and what not?
EDIT: OMG, that Dinosaurs could talk article is lunacy. I'm a creationist and even to me that is way out ther somewhere.
EDIT: OMG, that Dinosaurs could talk article is lunacy. I'm a creationist and even to me that is way out ther somewhere.
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I very much doubt it.
The walk through is comedy gold! I really hope one if those museums gets built near me so I can visit it, it would make for a fun filled day of laughter.
"Everywhere you turn, science confirms the biblical account! As you explore, children can scurry off into the section just for kids, where they interact with displays of exotic living animals and learn more about the Master Designer."
Brainwashing your children from an early age.
Think the DVD store will have a copy of "Waco" on dvd?
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Maybe they have Jurassic Park on DVD?
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code_kev"Jurassic park proves that man and dinosaur existed together"
LOL!
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Swift, I just got what you meant when you said "well how do we know that when God garbled the people's speech, that the garbled speech are the languages today?"
I'd agree and disagree. How come there are so many people who speak so many different variations of this garbled random junk then? And how come so many of them have so many similarities of each other?
Maybe there was one main language, take Latin. Then there were many different versions of latin, but then that would be "verbal-evo" that would probably take quite a long time considering how many different languages we have on this planet.
I'd agree and disagree. How come there are so many people who speak so many different variations of this garbled random junk then? And how come so many of them have so many similarities of each other?
Maybe there was one main language, take Latin. Then there were many different versions of latin, but then that would be "verbal-evo" that would probably take quite a long time considering how many different languages we have on this planet.
I'm sorry, Duke. I quoted the wrong link. I'll fix it now.
People who believe in Jesus don't follow Judaism, because that's not what he preached. 
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OK. I think, I got it now(maybe).
1. I think, he preached about God, and how he(Jesus) was the son of God?
2. Jews follow Judaism. Christians follow the Bible/Christianity.
3. Same God as in Judaism. So, in a way Judaism?
And I think your original question was, why Christians worship Jesus, when Jesus was of another religion. But most Jews rejected Jesus, and maybe that's when his teachings split away from the Judaism? I'm really confused now. I hope someone can set things straight here.
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Swift
Well now you know what Creationism seems like to most people....absolute nonsense.
How you can decide that one Creationists view is lunacy and your own is the truth is beyond me.
And it is a bit rich that bible thumpers like to question scientific methods on dating fossils, when the only evidence they provide is by quoting a book of questionable origin.
I've given up "engaging" you anyway, the dogma worm has eaten a whole right through your head. There is no saving you now
You have ignored everything that has been put to you, indeed you have your fingers firmly planted in your ears.
Now it is my turn to ignore you.
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Jesus was born a Jew and followed the hebrew faith as far as I know, and he said he was God, or the Messiah, the King of the Jews, he was also supposed to be the Swrd of God and free the jews from the romans. They didn't believe him, and they still don't. Some people believe that you have to be jewish AND worhsip jesus to get into heaven.
People can believe a variation of many different things.
People can believe a variation of many different things.
