Linda, first off, the only thing I think you are trying to prove, is that you are very smart. I would tend to disagree with that. What I think you are trying to disprove, is God and the bible, I would also disagree with that. I think, you will go to just about any length, no matter how ridiculous or erroneous or biased, to try to justify yourself in those two areas.
I do not believe the earth is young Linda, and have never said so. I do believe what the bible says is more accurate, in that, a thousand years is like a day to the Lord. Perhaps even, 10 thousand years. I don't know for sure and will never claim to. However, man's presence on the earth can probably be calculated to a certain proximity within the model of young earth creationists. I actually don't read a lot of that material, because it truly does not inteest me. I enjoy many of the actual facts that people like Ken Hovind provide, but theory is theory whether for creation or against. And being so smart, you should realize that.
the bible says, line 1, in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. We are not told how much time elapses between that event and the time when God began to create life on earth. The earth is probably very old Linda. We do not have a first 'day' until there is light.
Theory means essentially, maybe, but also maybe not. Theory is something that has never been proven. It's an (hopefully) educated guess. Unlike much of your posturing.
Perhaps Russ posts this type of material simply because it is available. As I mentioned there are other things, which are not theory but fact, contained within much of Hovind's work, which really are quite interesting.
Bottlenecking? Linda, any scientist that will try to tell you he knows for sure about anything of this nature... I would be very careful of him. It's highly unlikely scientists can trace genetic codes to that extent, in reality. Things may appear a certain way when looked at from a certain way, but even appearances are not always solid fact, especially concerning claims of this nature. But, like yourself, they do make many claims and hope those claims will be accepted.But as i told you, read the bible, genesis. Only unclean animals were paired. I don't think wooly made it to the ark.
Linda, but before you start laughing again at every item that you disagree with for whatever reason, I suggest you do some research, and better even, some real life obvservation.
Where ever there are glaciers, it snows linda, and also the wind can be quite fierce. If that were not so, there would not be snow there. it's a no brainer.
There is no reason to believe that all limestone is/was deposited by the remains of marine animals. I never said that. I said quite the opposite. As someone who believes in evolution, you should easily understand that it is more likely all this calcium helped create life, the reverse of what you are saying. Earth creatures are formed partly from this calcium, just like you and your bones, as you eat it. God did create man from the earth, the bible does tell us that quite directly.
All sorts of strange things exist, have existed, Linda. Today, yesterday, forever. Always have, always will. There is evidence of flying dinosaurs still today, youtube is a great place to go looking for stuff like that, people from all over the workld have posted strange sightings of all sorts of stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07c4mmG-50http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukO1xwwliw&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivcmwEFrFVQ&feature=relatedhttp://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach...;amp;ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=usThe internet provides all sorts of interesting info, plenty of photos too, don't ignore them. Though i realize your desire is to laugh and disbelieve anything that doesn't fit your currently held world view, i highly recommned you take a more serious look into these things. your laughter fails quite quickly in the fcae of the experiences and proof that others provide.
Personally Linda, i take a much simpler view of things than you. I know, yes know for sure, that with God anything is possible. anything. Way beyond even my imagination. I cannot say for sure where this came from or where that came from a lot of the time, and i won't even try if I don't have solid proof. You seem to want to put everything neatly, or not so neatly, into a box, even when the fit is terrible, and you'll never do that. No one will. I don't understand why you are trying so hard. It really is ok to say, I don't know. In fact, it's the only honest answer a lot of the time. Man is not that smart Linda. Given all of his science and imagination, he can use the materials of this erath for his own creations, reassamble, disassemble, but he has never been able to recreate any of it on his own. For instance H2O, a seemingly rather simple concotion. But man cannot create it. He doesn't know how. He can only use what is already available.
Of course wooly mammoths were eaten by predators. Only you are suggesting everything died in the flood. I tell you again, as i told you before, just like the fossil record also, not everything is a result of the flood. life existed before the flood. Death existed before the flood.
You have to at least try a little bit to remember what someone told you already because repeating things all the time for you is very frustrating. I have even told you that previously. maybe that is a big part of the problem. My daughter has a really bad memory too, but I am acutely aware that she is also very selective in what she chooses to remember and what she chooses to forget. perhaps a lot like you in regard to your discussions here. Really, I don't believe my daughter ever fiorgets a thing. She just pretends when it's convenient.
Rocks do move upward in the earth linda. try gardening sometime and getting rid of the rocks in your garden. It's impossible. they are always popping up from deeper down. you can only clear rocks for a season, a few months, at a time. And yes, it is a serious question, it does seem the earth must be getting just ever so bigger all the time from things living, growing dying. I'm surprised you laugh. You believe everyting was immortal before the flood but have difficulty with this?
There was a great flood, or something, Linda. There is evidence of the sea covering much of the earth if not all of it, at some point. It's a well well proven scientific fact. you'll never argue against that fact no matter how hard you try. Why you haven't stumbled into information about this I have no idea, except either you do not research at all, or you are very selective.
I have some Himalayan sea salt on the table. salt that is actually quite old, true sea salt from a time when the seas even covered the Himalayan mountains.
