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:The fallacy is in the "if":  "if the human population of the earth grows faster than the ability to produce food."  This "if" has never occurred and never would occur, because man has always been able to produce more than he needs to consume.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 16:02, 18 August 2013 (EDT)
 
:The fallacy is in the "if":  "if the human population of the earth grows faster than the ability to produce food."  This "if" has never occurred and never would occur, because man has always been able to produce more than he needs to consume.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 16:02, 18 August 2013 (EDT)
 
::Thank you for your response. First, Robert Malthus wrote ''An Essay on the Principle of Population'' (1798), one of the earliest and most influential books on population. He correctly predicted exponential population growth.  People feared that eventually, the maximum ability of the Earth to sustain a population would be reached.  Admittedly, population growth has been tempered due to birth control and the AIDS epidemic, but at some point growth will accelerate and one can foresee the limit eventually being reached even with further technological advances.  I don't see the Bible contradicting that result, and the article does not present a fair picture of the topic. Second, the Bible describes many miraculous things that were beyond human technology at the time it was written.  Some could inspire technological advances, but other miracles described in the Bible will always be beyond human technology (e.g., the parting of the Red Sea.) I believe the article should show some humility and acknowledge the limitations of human technology.  Man should not aspire to hold all of the powers of God. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 20:21, 18 August 2013 (EDT)
 
::Thank you for your response. First, Robert Malthus wrote ''An Essay on the Principle of Population'' (1798), one of the earliest and most influential books on population. He correctly predicted exponential population growth.  People feared that eventually, the maximum ability of the Earth to sustain a population would be reached.  Admittedly, population growth has been tempered due to birth control and the AIDS epidemic, but at some point growth will accelerate and one can foresee the limit eventually being reached even with further technological advances.  I don't see the Bible contradicting that result, and the article does not present a fair picture of the topic. Second, the Bible describes many miraculous things that were beyond human technology at the time it was written.  Some could inspire technological advances, but other miracles described in the Bible will always be beyond human technology (e.g., the parting of the Red Sea.) I believe the article should show some humility and acknowledge the limitations of human technology.  Man should not aspire to hold all of the powers of God. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 20:21, 18 August 2013 (EDT)
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==Distance of Oldest Star to Earth==
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How can the source be trusted? It says the oldest star is 13.7 billion years old and implies that stars have been observed farther away, so this contradicts the article's assertion that creation occurred 6,000 years ago. How can the distance of the oldest star be taken as fact but other inconvenient facts be ignored? --[[User:Randall7|Randall7]] 17:10, 22 February 2014 (EST)
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