I found myself in a discussion last night with some friends who
were very adamant about the earth being only a few thousand
years old and provided me with a host of "proofs" straight from the
Creation Research Institute.
These included:
-2nd law of thermodynamics (still not sure what that had to do with
their arguement?)
-unreliability of carbon dating
-dinosaur / man tracks in Texas
-Grand Canyon formation "proven" to be recent
-ancient trees sticking up through multiple layers of rock
- and others
Being trained as a plant physiologist I had no problem discussing
biological issues but found myself lost on the geological issues. I
realize that a couple of these very topics were recently discussed
here but I admittedly didn't follow it very closely as it was over my
head.
Would someone mind helping my basic understanding of geology
in light of these young earth ideas by pointing me to a book or
other references. For my sake as well as theirs, the simpler the
language the better. Also, it may be better to post to me privately
if you wish.
I found it very interesting that these friends very unwilling to
consider anything I had to say that might contradict their views.
Almost as if it challenged their faith and maybe God!? It made me
wonder what ideas or beliefs I hold to -that if shown to be in error-
would weaken my faith. I'll have to think about that some more.
On a somewhat related note, our college (College of the Ozarks in
SW Missouri) will be hosting "Dr." Carl Baugh in November for
lectures on intelligent design. Should be interesting. I will keep
you posted on that one.
Thanks for your patience and your help!
Mark
Hubbard@cofo.edu
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