XPost: alt.religion.jehovahs-witn, alt.bible, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: talk.atheism   
   From: bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu   
      
   On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:18:22 +0000, Matt Silberstein wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:59:14 -0400, Pastor Dave   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:51:45 GMT, Matt Silberstein   
   >> posted thusly:   
   >>   
   >>>On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:24:51 +0930, "Linda"   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>IF  The Ark sits at 14,500ft above sea level...............   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Near the Top of Mt Ararat towards the Ahora Gorge.................A   
   >>>>find would be...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Implications Staggering.   
   >>>>Would revolutionize virtually all disciplines. Geology (Physical &   
   >>>>Historical)   
   >>>>Anthropology   
   >>>>Archeology   
   >>>>Zoology   
   >>>>Biology   
   >>>>All Humanities, History, Sociology, Religion.   
   >>>   
   >>>How so? Let us assume we find the remains of a boat on the top of that   
   >>>mountain (there isn't one, but let us pretend). How does that overthrow   
   >>>all of the geological and biological evidence that says there was no   
   >>>global flood 4,000 years ago? How does that "revolutionize"   
   >>>anthropology and archaeology and such? We have millions, if not   
   >>>billions, of data points supporting those disciplines. One outlying   
   >>>point does not refute that. Please tell us your logic.   
   >>   
   >>See what I mean, Linda?  The evidence doesn't matter to them.  They're   
   >>going to believe what they believe, which is based on their faith that   
   >>no catastrophe ever changed the decay rate for any period of time and   
   >>then accuse you of believing only on faith, while you're standing next   
   >>to Noah's Ark.   
   >   
   > Try to write something a little less silly. The evidence does matter.   
   > Finding one item, even a boat on top of a mountain, does not make all of   
   > the *other evidence* go away. Which is why I *asked* Linda (though you   
   > are free to answer as well) exactly how this *single* piece of evidence   
   > overthrows what we have learned from *millions* of other pieces of   
   > evidence. This is not a question of faith at all.   
      
   The funniest part is that they don't even have that _one_ item that's   
   supposed to refute the big pile of real evidence.   
      
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