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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Job 31:24  (part 3 of 6)
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 13:23:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 13:23:47 1985
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> [Jeff Sonntag]
>      It seems then, as though creationists must choose to either:
> 1.)  Choose one of the types of creationism which *can* explain the age
>      of the fossil record, and the fact that species arrived at
>      widely seperate times.
> 2.)  Debate about the actual age of the fossil record, perhaps adhering
>      to the recently proposed concept of time-varying radioisotope decay
>      rates to explain the *apparent* age of the record.
> 3.)  Do neither of the above and ignore the parts of reality which don't
>      match up with your pet theories.

Or suspend judgment in the face of ambivalence towards all
theories.

I do not accept that one has to choose if one does not feel that
any particular view is strong enough to command one's loyalty.
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Paul DuBois	{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois          |
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"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but                     |
the honor of kings is to search out a matter"                       |
                        Proverbs 25:2