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Talk:Counterexamples to an Old Earth (view source)
Revision as of 01:39, August 27, 2011
, 01:39, August 27, 2011→Freshwater and Saltwater Fish: new section
I realise that I'm treading on thin ice at the moment because of my recent block, and it seems that there is a strong prejudice against removing counterexamples from any of these articles, but it is my strongly and sincerely held belief that by going for quantity rather than quality we are harming the credibility of CP as a source of information. The intro to this article says that the Old Earth hypothesis can't survive one counterexample - and I fully agree with that - so why do we need 35-odd counterexamples, at least half of which are completely fatuous? The Bible explains the water cycle, and by claiming that (a mistaken understanding of) entropy says that groundwater can't survive we contradict both Scripture and a pile of scientific evidence so high that you could use it to build a good-sized waterfall. --[[User:SamCoulter|SamCoulter]] 21:04, 26 August 2011 (EDT)
I realise that I'm treading on thin ice at the moment because of my recent block, and it seems that there is a strong prejudice against removing counterexamples from any of these articles, but it is my strongly and sincerely held belief that by going for quantity rather than quality we are harming the credibility of CP as a source of information. The intro to this article says that the Old Earth hypothesis can't survive one counterexample - and I fully agree with that - so why do we need 35-odd counterexamples, at least half of which are completely fatuous? The Bible explains the water cycle, and by claiming that (a mistaken understanding of) entropy says that groundwater can't survive we contradict both Scripture and a pile of scientific evidence so high that you could use it to build a good-sized waterfall. --[[User:SamCoulter|SamCoulter]] 21:04, 26 August 2011 (EDT)
== Freshwater and Saltwater Fish ==
On one hand, I believe this counterexample doesn't belong on this website because it necessarily assumes that evolution is true. It basically says that the Earth must be young because there hasn't been enough time for fish to evolve to be able to survive in both freshwater and saltwater. On the other hand, I believe the premise is flawed because evolutionists will tell you that fish have evolved to have a salinity tolerance for their preferred environment, and have no need to be able to survive in both freshwater and saltwater. Please let me know if I am misunderstanding the counterexample. (And if that is the case, perhaps it should be better explained.) --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 21:39, 26 August 2011 (EDT)