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Recent content by redghost

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    Distorting God's word

    Excellent point. This is one of the main exegetical reasons vern poythress accepts the analogical day approach to genesis chapter 1-2. You can read more in his book "redeeming science". Dr. Poythress has taught at Westminster seminary for many years and is a very conservative bible scholar.
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    Why I Became a Young-Earth Creationist &

    Hi Nate: I'm glad you feel the Lord's blessing upon your studies. It is very important as Christians to have a robust confidence in God's Word as Truth. I'd urge you as you continue your investigaton to keep in mind that all truth is God's truth. Whatever we discover from special revelation...
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    Answers in Genesis?

    You are accusing brothers and sisters in Christ of dishonesty. That is a serious charge. They have a worldview in which the Bible plays the leading role in making truth claims. In light of their worldview and biblical interpretation they filter everything through that worldview. To a certain...
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    Answers in Genesis?

    No, they don't say that. They say that the evidence when "properly understood" confirms their position. "Properly understood" to them essentially means rejecting much of the scientifc consensus on origins. No, it's not dishonest. They are simply saying that God's Word is true and if anything...
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    Answers in Genesis?

    I know lots of people who agree with AIG and their YEC stance. Most that I know have graduate level degrees, a few PhDs. The reasons are as follows: #1) They are 100% convinced the bible teaches a recent creation and young earth. Since they are convinced that God has authoritatively stated...
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    Creationism is NOT Biblical

    Aren't you just pitting your speculation against theirs? IMHO it would help everybody to take a step back from Genesis, glean the "big picture" truths God is teaching, and agree to disagree on the minute specifics of the passage. Not everything in God's Word is easy to understand and this is...
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    Fossils are fake

    The creation/evolution debate regarding fossils isn't whether they are real or not, but when these creatures lived, how they died, etc. Many creation scientists collect fossils. I don't think they would be carving them out of stone to seek to prove evolution, do you? :)
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    Green River and Ash layers

    Thanks thaumaturgy...you actually anticipated my next question (What radiometric studies have been done on Vesuvius). :) I found the info on the varve/tuffs on gmorton's site (thx samiam). cheers
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    Green River and Ash layers

    Hello: If my memory serves me correctly, I believe there are multiple Lava/ash layers located in the Green River formation. Have scientists done radiometric studies on these (I would assume so) and correlated the varve difference (years) between them to see if they match? Any pointers...
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    Science and biblical interpretation

    Hi Mallon: What other verses/areas in the Bible would you point to as being examples of the Bible being written from the perspective of an ancient Hebrew cosmology? You've mentioned the "pillars/earth established" type of verses. Also implied in your answer would be Genesis 1 and 2 (I...