Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!velu From: velu@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame, net.religion Subject: Creationism (?) Message-ID: <5932@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 09:23:18 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.5932 Posted: Thu Mar 15 09:23:18 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 02:38:57 EST References: <1631@sdccsu3.UUCP> <599@pyuxa.UUCP> <2223@brl-vgr.ARPA>, <927@qubix.UUCP> <692@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 33 I am trying to compile a list of arguments against creationism. If you have any arguements which you believe show that the concepts of "creation" are incorrect, please mail them to me. I have been asked by a friend who is a 'Christian' to compile a list of reasons why I believe that life, the universe, and everything could not have been created. She wishes to defend herself by showing that the arguements which I give her are inconsistant/false. I asked if I could take the assistance of my fellow flamers on the net, and she agreed. So I shall start the list off, and hope to get lotsof flames MAILED to me. I will summarize all of the arguements as well as their rebuttals. Thanx. - Velu Argument 1: If the world was created in 6 days as is written, then the differences between, for example, the time of the dinosaurs and the time of the humans would be very small. However, through all of the dating schemes, and physical phenonmena which we take to be true, we see a discrepancy of many millenia between the times of the man and the times of the dinosaur. How do we explain this? An arguement which I have been given in rebuttal to this is that "Skelatons of men have been found which date to the time of the dinosaur." Unfortunately, I have not heard of any such skelaton being found. Have you? Keep 'em comin'!!! -- Velu Sinha UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!velu CSNet: velu@umcp-cs ARPA: velu.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay velu@umd-csd (Use this one!)