Hello,
Last week, a Christian group at my workplace hosted a speaker from the
organization "Reasons to Believe". The man spoke about the relationship
between a science and faith. People in the audience commented about
problem areas such as evolution vs. Genesis, the age of the earth, and
intelligent design. The speaker was very familiar with ASA. Some in the
audience were surprised when he said he believed the earth to be very old
and that evolution probably happened.
Afterwards, I had a conversation with someone who believed in a 6000-year
old earth who gave the following points in favor of his position:
1. The Moon's orbit shows evidence of a young earth. I couldn't see the
logic here.
2. Comets are evidence of a young earth, since they are short-lived and a
source for these comets has never been proven to exist. He rejected the
existence of the "Oort Cloud". Ironically, I asked him if it would bother
him if the Oort Cloud was proven to exist and he said "no".
Any comments about these arguments from anyone in this forum?
Thanks,
Dale Stalnaker
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Dale K. Stalnaker
NASA/Glenn Research Center
Power & Propulsion Office
dale.k.stalnaker@grc.nasa.gov
PHONE: (216) 433-5399
FAX: (216) 433-2995
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