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- From: jeh@raster.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
- Subject: Re: Young earth creationist logic NOT!
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:40:08 GMT
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- jloucks@uts.amdahl.com (Jim Loucks) writes:
- : ...it is my belief that life on earth is fairly young, the earth may or
- : may not be old. It is also my belief that God could have easily created
- : with the appearance of age, though most definitely not to deceive. If
- : God created a 100 foot tree, would it not have the appearance of age?
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- Stupid question: if God created everything with the appearance of age,
- i.e. exactly as things would look if currently understood processes had been
- operating in the past, how is that any different, as far as science is
- concerned, from the case where everything really _is_ old?
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- Ed Hanway --- jeh@raster.kodak.com
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