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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:20 PM Original message |
What is the basis for the Creationist claim that the Earth is merely thousands of years old? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. and who lived to be 600 years old or some shit |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's Pretty Much It |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Where does Genesis specify the age of the Earth when Adam was created? |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Genesis 1 |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. FWIW, you're confusing fundamentalists with creationists. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I think it could be argued that Creationists are a subset of Fundamentalists, no? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. and KKK members are a subset of caucasians, too. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. A fair point. I edited the OP. {EOM} |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Not all creationists. Only the Young-Earth Creationists, which are a further subset. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. A fair point, but... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe the age was calculated by some medievial monk |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It was calculated by Archbishop Ussher...17th century... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What are some connections between the book of Genesis and the |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What's Behind It? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. None, |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Aramaic is a relative of Hebrew. Some of the books of the OT |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Check it out: |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. The whole thing is impossible to believe. 600 year old people, the Ark and |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I want to know how he got the kangaroos and South American monkies. NT |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Telling kids that the Universe is presided over by a supreme being... |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. After I wrote that, I thought of something like that-that it is not good to teach them that stuff. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. The entire idea is based on fantasy... |
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