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Law wrote:lol. i just realized that the earth is only 4.5 billion yr's old. yeah the earth was not around 20 billion yrs ago. and yeah the map does not prove the earth is 5000yr old but it is 4.5 billion yrs old though
No.....the earth is 5000 years old.
No, its over 5700 years old.
Heh....I just picked the number usually attributed to the young earth crowd.
I must admit, since doing Engineering, all this "science" has put my faith to the test...
I mean, its easy to debate that evolution occured over millions of years, while actually being "the seven days of creation"...
But when scientists say that the skeleton of a human is 40 000 years old, thats where I get confused, and hence can't post anything to debate that.
I must admit, since doing Engineering, all this "science" has put my faith to the test...
I mean, its easy to debate that evolution occured over millions of years, while actually being "the seven days of creation"...
But when scientists say that the skeleton of a human is 40 000 years old, thats where I get confused, and hence can't post anything to debate that.
The "Seven days" is symbolical! It's actually like 7 thousand years.... well that's what I believe and yes I am a Christian!
I must admit, since doing Engineering, all this "science" has put my faith to the test...
I mean, its easy to debate that evolution occured over millions of years, while actually being "the seven days of creation"...
But when scientists say that the skeleton of a human is 40 000 years old, thats where I get confused, and hence can't post anything to debate that.
The "Seven days" is symbolical! It's actually like 7 thousand years.... well that's what I believe and yes I am a Christian!
Looks like someone forgot to read Genesis. Anyway that would still make the earth ~50k years old. No difference in the arguement. Either it is relatively young or extremely old.
Edit: I'm going to sleep.
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Anyone else notice a tremor in Joburg this morning around 7:30? Only lasted a second or two, but it was quite noticeable. Scared the bejeezus out of one of the cats.
It was here in Alberton. There are sketchy reports of an inland tsunami at the Jackson Street Dam. It was definitely closer to 7:30 because I was just cleaning up all the cereal thrown at me by my four-year-old and trying to hurry her up for school.
Actually, it might have been slightly earlier than 7:30 because we left the house at 7:40, but it was definitely after 7:00.
lol it didn't even show up here http://www.niceone.org/lab/quakes/
However there was one near PE/EL 4.3 with a very low energy yield. I doubt anyone there felt it.
I'm guessing ours was caused due to some mines in the area or sink-holes.
"Friends are a lot like potatoes. If you eat them they die." - Stuart
"Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests." -wiki
"Friends are a lot like potatoes. If you eat them they die." - Stuart
It was here in Alberton. There are sketchy reports of an inland tsunami at the Jackson Street Dam. It was definitely closer to 7:30 because I was just cleaning up all the cereal thrown at me by my four-year-old and trying to hurry her up for school.
Lancelot
