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:: "''Calculations are calculations and nothing more''": Yes, but dates are calculations built on assumptions. See [[radiometric dating]]. Otherwise much of Everwill's post, as before, was rhetoric. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:03, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
:: "''Calculations are calculations and nothing more''": Yes, but dates are calculations built on assumptions. See [[radiometric dating]]. Otherwise much of Everwill's post, as before, was rhetoric. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 08:03, 2 April 2008 (EDT)
:::Every waking (and sleeping) moment of life is based on assumptions. If we spend our lives questioning every single assumption then we are paralyzed with analysis. Unless you yourself dedicate your life to being a geologist then you have no basis or authority to question the assumptions and conclusions of those who have in good faith dedicated themselves to the study of geology. (Geologists go to church too.)
:::What about the issue of a flat-earth? Are we going to explain the basis for flat-earth theory? Can we not post a graphic depicting the simple truth that things on the bottom of a sphere fall off the sphere? Can we not point to the obvious fact that the earth pretty much appears flat?
:::What about Earth-centric astronomy? Can we explain the rationale and the thinking behind why some well-educated well-informed people believed and believe that the Earth, or more specifically Jerusalem, is the center of the universe?
:::Can we also punch into the article about the [[Moon]] the theory that the Moon is made from green cheese?
:::In other words where do you draw the line. At what point do you realize that the explanations refuting these theories are wastes of time and are only there for the benefit of a tiny tiny minority of people who don't understand/don't want to understand/will never understand why the majority has reached another conclusion? [[User:Everwill|Everwill]] 11:05, 2 April 2008 (EDT)