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This time: you're just plain wrong.
This time: you're just plain wrong.
Geology (and I) do not claim to know how old the Earth is. No one alive knows the answer to that question. In a brazen display of arrogance, you claim to know the answer to that question. Geology claims to know how old the Earth appears. Actual age and apparent age are completely unrelated. At the same time, a Biblical scholar would be wise to say that a popular interpretation of the Bible suggests that the Earth is 6,000 years old. It would be unwise and presumptuous to assume that your interpretation of the Bible is fact. Others may interpret the Bible differently.
Geology (and I) do not claim to know how old the Earth is. No one alive knows the answer to that question.{{personal remark ellipsis In a brazen display of arrogance,}} you claim to know the answer to that question. Geology claims to know how old the Earth appears. Actual age and apparent age are completely unrelated. At the same time, a Biblical scholar would be wise to say that a popular interpretation of the Bible suggests that the Earth is 6,000 years old. It would be unwise and presumptuous to assume that your interpretation of the Bible is fact. Others may interpret the Bible differently.
I'm quite sure that in the mountains of geological evidence that has been compiled you can point to certain factors that support your opinion. Just as the 9/11 Truthers can point to "evidence" to support their beliefs, I'm certain you have evidence to support your belief. I'm equally certain you can find mysteries in the science of geology. That's why we continue to study geology, because we don't understand the entire planet yet. Neither of those two facts change the reality that since the 18th Century, Young Earth geology has been shattered as a theory time and time again by countless geologists.
I'm quite sure that in the mountains of geological evidence that has been compiled you can point to certain factors that support your opinion. Just as the 9/11 Truthers can point to "evidence" to support their beliefs, I'm certain you have evidence to support your belief. I'm equally certain you can find mysteries in the science of geology. That's why we continue to study geology, because we don't understand the entire planet yet. Neither of those two facts change the reality that since the 18th Century, Young Earth geology has been shattered as a theory time and time again by countless geologists.