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The issue is not whether present state processes could be extrapolated into great great imaginary time, and yield results! The issue is what we know about the state of the past.
The issue is not whether present day memories could be extrapolated into last week existing, and yield results! The issue is what we know about the state of lat week.

That doesn't seem reasonable, does it?
 
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There were plenty of mammals under that layer, and man too!

Name one modern mammal species found under the K/T boundary. Show me a single fossil of a human being found below the K/T boundary.

Since there was no present state,

Evidence please.

As for tektites if some of them were caused by violently erupting fountains of the deep, then of course they are expected!!

Why?

Naturally, they would have some isotopic signature at the time, the issue is what caused it.

Would an Ar/K ratio of 0.5 and a Pb/U ratio of 0.1 qualify as "some isotopic signature"?

Your fables need not be invoked to explain that.

I see that you can't refute the simple fact that the isotope ratios are exactly what we should see with a same state past.
The issue is not whether present state processes could be extrapolated into great great imaginary time, and yield results!

Yes, that is the issue. If the evidence is consistent with a same state past, then it is evidence for a same state past. That's how evidence works.
 
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The issue is not whether present day memories could be extrapolated into last week existing, and yield results! The issue is what we know about the state of lat week.

That doesn't seem reasonable, does it?
No.
 
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Name one modern mammal species found under the K/T boundary. Show me a single fossil of a human being found below the K/T boundary.
Most life apparently could not leave remains such as fossils. If you look for that you grope blindly in the dark.
Because water shooting up from possibly as deep as the core of earth likely would result in great pressure exiting the surface!
 
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Most life apparently could not leave remains such as fossils. If you look for that you grope blindly in the dark.

We can find remains of modern mammals above the K/T boundary. Why not below the K/T boundary?

Because water shooting up from possibly as deep as the core of earth likely would result in great pressure exiting the surface!

Why would that put specific ratios of Ar/K into the tektites?
 
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Most life apparently could not leave remains such as fossils. If you look for that you grope blindly in the dark.

So why do we find fossil dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichythosaurs and mammal-like reptiles below the K-T boundary?
 
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So why do we find fossil dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichythosaurs and mammal-like reptiles below the K-T boundary?
Some creatures apparently could fossilize. Those are what the fossil record consist of. For man, and other kinds of creatures, the general rule was basically, as god put it....from dust you came, to dust you will return..
 
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Still waiting for an answer to this question:

Would an Ar/K ratio of 0.5 and a Pb/U ratio of 0.1 qualify as "some isotopic signature"?
the isotopes in the real world do have sigs. Your personal dream isotopes don't matter.
 
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Still waiting for an answer to this question:

Would an Ar/K ratio of 0.5 and a Pb/U ratio of 0.1 qualify as "some isotopic signature"?

It is a simple yes/no.
Ratios are known to change as we go back in time, for example in layers. The layers of your dreams just don't matter.
 
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Ratios are known to change as we go back in time, for example in layers. The layers of your dreams just don't matter.

Still waiting for an answer to this question:

Would an Ar/K ratio of 0.5 and a Pb/U ratio of 0.1 qualify as "some isotopic signature"?

It is a simple yes/no.
 
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Some creatures apparently could fossilize. Those are what the fossil record consist of. For man, and other kinds of creatures, the general rule was basically, as god put it....from dust you came, to dust you will return..

Sorry, that's just crazy. You would, by your interpretation, make God a liar after the present state was formed, because man no longer goes inevitably to dust, now leaving behind bones, etc.

You even sacrifice God's integrity to maintain your "different state" views!
 
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Still waiting for an answer to this question:

Would an Ar/K ratio of 0.5 and a Pb/U ratio of 0.1 qualify as "some isotopic signature"?

It is a simple yes/no.
No idea what you are babbling about. Try to be topical, or interesting rather than parroting and silly.

The issue with isotopes and the nature of the past is whether the ratios also changed in the former state. The evidence suggests they did.
 
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Sorry, that's just crazy. You would, by your interpretation, make God a liar after the present state was formed, because man no longer goes inevitably to dust, now leaving behind bones, etc.
If God said dust to dust for Adam, and then Adam fossilized, that would be the problem. Focus.
 
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Wouldn't that also apply to Adam's descendants?
No!
In cases where descendants are included, it is usually obvious. Such as for Abraham being father of many nations, or the curse of Adam and Eve, etc
 
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