My girlfriend thinks the earth is 4000 years old — #44

Post #44 by itai195

Source Forum	MacNN
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Sun, 21 Dec 2003 - 17:01
Original URL	https://web.archive.org/web/20050515015242/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=194152

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Originally posted by ebuddy:
I guess I could be a jerk and ask you to defend the inherant flaws of carbon-dating, but that would be just baiting you. I already know what they are and they are simply to inconsistent for me to accept as stable science. I submit to you Itai that you are not to be enlightened. You are already ominiscient in your ideal and have no need for more information. There is nothing I could say to you that would refute what you believe. Hence, it is a belief in a theory afterall. I guess we all have religion to explain things.

Very well, I submit the same for you. I don't see how one can write off evolution because carbon-dating is 'flawed.' That seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water to me, and in any case doesn't constitute a relevant argument against evolution. I don't think On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection mentioned the practice anywhere.

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In regards to what's his face breaking up with what's her face...that wasn't the intent of the thread. I addressed the intent of the thread. I told him I was sorry the two couldn't work it out. He could've learned something. You disagree no doubt.

Well okay, but you sure used certain overtones that seemed to invite a debate. But you're right, I do disagree. Evolution is one of the bedrock elements of biology -- I can understand why a biologist would want nothing to do with someone who believes in creationism.