God? Faith?

mrnoodle · 02-22-2005, 10:08 AM

the numbers on this poll are much closer than i thought they'd be. 19 believe in some kind of god, 19 don't. 3 think it's for fools (but didn't say whether they believed or not

), and 2 didn't vote because there was no pagan choice.

no wonder these threads go on for so long.

Beestie, carbon-14 dating isn't accurate beyond a few tens of thousands of years - it doesn't in any way discredit young-earth-creationist arguments. Ice core samples in Antarctica, on the other hand......

This argument isn't winnable by either side, based on available evidence. The Bible doesn't offer a clear timeline (trying to add up years based on geneological lists is just as silly as using carbon-14 dating to prove something is 44 gazillion years old), and the best science has to offer is "we don't know, just believe us, we're mainstream science, and we do experiments and stuff."

Creationists would do well to forget about the young-earth thing and concentrate on the more important messages in the bible.

View Poll Results: Where are you?
God plays an active role in my life	12	25.00%
God merely watches from a distance	10	20.83%
I want to believe, but have found no evidence of God	10	20.83%
There is no God	12	25.00%
Only fools could believe in God	4	8.33%
Voters: 48. You may not vote on this poll

02-22-2005, 10:08 AM	#11
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	the numbers on this poll are much closer than i thought they'd be. 19 believe in some kind of god, 19 don't. 3 think it's for fools (but didn't say whether they believed or not ), and 2 didn't vote because there was no pagan choice. no wonder these threads go on for so long. Beestie, carbon-14 dating isn't accurate beyond a few tens of thousands of years - it doesn't in any way discredit young-earth-creationist arguments. Ice core samples in Antarctica, on the other hand...... This argument isn't winnable by either side, based on available evidence. The Bible doesn't offer a clear timeline (trying to add up years based on geneological lists is just as silly as using carbon-14 dating to prove something is 44 gazillion years old), and the best science has to offer is "we don't know, just believe us, we're mainstream science, and we do experiments and stuff." Creationists would do well to forget about the young-earth thing and concentrate on the more important messages in the bible. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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