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> In short, the appearance of age in the wine at Cana, and the appearance of
> age in creation, is comparing apples and oranges -- or perhaps grapes and
> graphite.
>
> Tom Pearson
>
Tom,
Sorry to disagree with you but the wine analogy appears good to me.
Creation shows "maturation" everywhere we look. As an example, if God
created the Earth even 80x10^6 years ago, a greater age would be
implied in the weathering products which His biological creation
depended on at its initiation (most gymnosperms and angiosperms require
soil).
I believe for my geological and paleoenvironmental studies it is
preferable to assume that His creation has "maturated" over a very long
time period by our standards.
John