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  1. Steve Petersen

    Evolutionary Biology PhD student here, free arguments available!

    God is not material therefore not falsifiable or even potentially so. There is no scientific evidence that God exists and there never will be.
  2. Steve Petersen

    It Just Gets Stranger and Stranger

    You mean this GE? Profitable Companies, No Taxes: Here’s How They Did It
  3. Steve Petersen

    Oil all gone in 30 years !!!!!

    Yes, now that they have the wealth to do so. Emerging nations don't have the luxury.
  4. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    This is why you document your work, so it can be checked by others to help eliminate bias.
  5. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    Ussher has already done that. Of course, he used the Masoretic text and not the Septuagint.
  6. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    Of course it does. HOW and WHEN he did it is the point of contention.
  7. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    Whether ones belief contradicts God's word will depend on the interpretive method. Not all Christians have the same interpretive method.
  8. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    So everyone agrees on what God's word says?
  9. Steve Petersen

    Sanctifying the age of the earth/universe

    ROASTING ADAM-Creationism's Heat Problem Dr. Joseph Meert – Department of Geological Sciences From the Institute for Creation Research: The First Young-Earth Conference on Radioisotopes One major obstacle to accelerated decay is an explanation for the disposal of the great quantities of heat...
  10. Steve Petersen

    Oil all gone in 30 years !!!!!

    Julian Simon Was Right: Population Growth Leads to Abundant Resources | National Review 'Yet petroleum is not special. Resources in general have become cheaper in inflation-adjusted terms — as well as relative to the cost of labor — over the last four decades. That’s all the more remarkable...
  11. Steve Petersen

    Oil all gone in 30 years !!!!!

    Alternative energies to fossil fuel are more expensive. At this juncture, generally, wealthy nations can afford to switch while poor nations can't.
  12. Steve Petersen

    Sanctifying the age of the earth/universe

    Radioactive decay rates: evidence of constancy. CF210: Constancy of Radioactive Decay Rates
  13. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    I can't believe we have to explain something so elementary!
  14. Steve Petersen

    Russian Destroyer nearly collides with USN Missile Cruiser

    A friend of mine was in the US Navy on the USS Caron during the Cold War. They were in the Black Sea and got shouldered by a Russian warship. 1988 Black Sea bumping incident - Wikipedia
  15. Steve Petersen

    Do creationists critically examine their own ideas (re: creationism)?

    If the moon is a light, what causes the light to go out during a lunar eclipse?
  16. Steve Petersen

    Sanctifying the age of the earth/universe

    Are you referring to the purported dino blood found by Mary Schweitzer?
  17. Steve Petersen

    Did Trump supporters know they’d be paying for his tariffs on Chinese goods?

    Ever heard of this? Began during the FDR years: Agricultural Adjustment Act - Wikipedia
  18. Steve Petersen

    Sanctifying the age of the earth/universe

    How precise do you need to be when you are talking about period of hundreds of millions or even billions of years ago? a few million years is nothing on these scales.