pvp@ihuxl.UUCP (Philip Polli) (09/24/84)
In all the excitement in this newsgroup lately, I guess our scientific creationists must have overlooked my recent posting. I haven't received any response at all to my questions last week about their theory! Perhaps my posting didn't get out to them. Once they see how ignorant I am about their recent scientific findings, I'm sure that they will be more than willing to explain their scientific theory to me. After all, they want it taught in schools, don't they? I for one would never accuse them of causing all this trouble in the courts just to get publishers to delete material about evolution from school textbooks. That would be almost deceitful, wouldn't it? So I'll just repost my questions to give them the opportunity they've been seeking for so long to enlighten the rest of us. >A. Ray Miller pointed out recently >that I must not have read much about creationism. >He's absolutely right. Subscribing >to this newsgroup has taught me a lot about the gaps >in evolution theory, but nothing at all about "scientific" >creationism. I'm sure that with the return of all the >prominent creationists to the net, they would be more >than happy to answer a couple of simple questions for an ignorant layman >about their theory. It's so hard to keep up with all the >new developments in science these days. > >Question 1: How old are the universe and the earth? Nothing precise, >an order of magnitude in years would be more than sufficient. >What physical evidence is there which supports this age? >Again, nothing too precise. If you were to ask me what supports >the evolutionary estimates of the age of the universe, I would >wave my hands and mention the dating of rocks by radioactive decay, >the distance to the various galaxies we can see, the depth of the >grand canyon, the hydrogen/helium mixture of stars, stuff like that. > >Question 2: Was there a great worldwide flood recently? >Is that what killed off all the dinosaurs? >How much water did the flood require, where did the water come >from and where did it go? >( I guess thats more than one question, but the answers should >be easy. ) Again, any references to physical evidence which >indicates that such a flood took place would be appreciated. > >Replies to the net only, please. Any mail replies will be >posted for everyones enlightenment. Phil Polli {ihnp4!}ihuxl!pvp