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http://www.3aw.com.au/news/creationist-rejects-dates-of-human-jawbone-discovery-in-ethiopia-20150306-13xfe4.htmlDr Tas Walker, a creationist and geologist with Creation Ministries International said he didn't believe the dates.
He believes the flood of Noah wiped out dinosaurs.
"I don't believe the dates, by any means. The only way to reliably know the age of something is by eyewitness reports and the bible gives us an eyewitness report."
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Like that of the scientist who hasn't yet had his mind clouded by examination of the evidence.
Creationists refute carbon dating.
Preferring to use a recitation of ancient Hebrew history instead. Very scientific.
Or the book of Revelations as a blueprint for conducting ME negotiations.
Pffft
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)One bogus theory states that carbon dating is inaccurate because -- get this! -- the speed of light has been slowing down over time! This is known as the CDK (c decay) theory.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Whatever promotes their dumb ass interpretation of reality. Study this and it gives some insight into why, 'The O'Really? Factory', is allowed to perpetrate nightly fraud.
And conservative minds soak it up like a sponge.
I'd try to find enough alphabet letters to spell my gross guttural utterances but I cant spell the groaning and spitting sounds.
How can people be that stupid and still remember which shoe goes on which foot?
gollygee
(22,336 posts)I don't think they know what "eyewitness" means, and even they can't contradict strong evidence and be believed.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Logically there can be no human observers before there are humans
At best biblical accounts could be stories told by a deity to a human who inscribe them.
As far as I can tell, the way this works is a story I write to you based on what was told to me is second hand when you get it.
When a story is based on something someone wrote and other people rewrote, transcribed and edited it's a story well beyond firsthand.
The bible is a seriously long game of 'Chinese telephone'
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I doubt your religion, which also means that I give no value to your "holy book" either.
"It's in the bible" is not a reasonable counter argument to science.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Use Revelations to conduct ME policy. Clowns.
Sometimes I wish we could still use the 'R'word to describe the depth of conservative
sub genetic endowment. Because they are. Stupid. And proud of it!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)or any historical event is every bit as valid as citing Action Comics for the existence of Superman. And I don't see Superman around anywhere.
ProfessorGAC
(65,337 posts)That geeky guy over there with the horned rim glasses, is looking right at you. Through the wall.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)Without an eyewitness, how do we know what happened?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Damn! Back to square one...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)That is the kind of sheer, blithering idiocy that makes your feet leak out the top of your head.
Stupidity, it's not just for breakfast anymore.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)or not, doesn't change the date of the fossil hominid jawbone. And I'd like to point out to "Dr." Walker that the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is not an eye witness account. I wonder if he understands that there are no originally written texts of the Bible?
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Is he trustworthy? Does he have a criminal record? Work for a living? Any corroborating witnesses? Any corroborating evidence? Did he have a calender at the time? Did the calender have scantily clad ladies on the date?