Now this is a very contentious area and one where I hesistate to tread for fear of losing friends, but I'll
try treading lightly:

Just a few points:

Math is easily used to demonstrate almost anything if you know what to do.

Something coming out to "nearly" an integer multiple of something is is not proof of anything as that would likely happen more often than not.

When someone says the Lord specified a certain time frame, how does he know that it wasn't a person who specified something and said it was the Lord or more likely something that was specified by an unknown person generations before and then attributed to God by a later writer?

I just can't take seriously any argument that the earth has been around for 7,000 years.

Bottom line is that I think most discussions revolving around religion are more likely to cause trouble than to bring any benefit.

I don't really want to get involved arguing about religion. However I am more than willing to argue t
Rossputin | Homepage | 02.26.05 - 12:20 pm | #

MEGO

If you're interested in something that completely shreds Darwinism, I have a .PDF file (~375kb) I could e-mail you. It totally destroys that PBS show on evolution.
Erich Jahn | Homepage | 02.26.05 - 8:56 pm | #

I didn't get very far into this before I stopped reading.

A portion read like this:

For example, consider the planet Venus. It orbits the sun 13 times while the earth orbits the sun 8 times, that is, in 8 years. Thus, it's sidereal period is 8/13 of a year, or about 225 days.

But suppose we ask, "How many times will Venus appear to rise with the sun in those 8 years?" The answer is that as we orbit the sun 8 times, Venus must pass us 5 times in order for it to finish its 13 orbits. Thus, it will appear on earth that Venus passes the sun 5 times in 8 years and its synodic period is 8/5 of a year, or about 584 days. In case you don't understanding that reasoning, the main point is that the sidereal period of 225 days is very different from its synodic period of 584 days.