(October 30, 2014 at 11:04 am)pocaracas Wrote:not trying to prove, cajole, convince, or persuade. giving the viewpoint of old earth age christian. sagan quote is library ebook downloadable, page 237 says - "The apparatus for the transcription of the genetic code must itself have evolved slowly, through billions of years of evolution."(October 30, 2014 at 1:54 am)snowtracks Wrote: The naturalistic model forecast a slow arrival of life’s origin. Carl Sagan in his book ’intelligent life in the universe’ stated billions of years would be required for complex modules to arise from a primitive environment which is in agreement with modern day constructs. However the record shows that is not the case. the earliest fossils are dated to 3.5bya and geochemical dating of isotope ratios for carbon establishes that life was abundant on earth at least 3.8 bya. The earth’s age is 4.5 and until 3.9, the sun’s solar ionizing radiation was 50 times higher than present which would make life impossible. Life commence suddenly within 100 million years, plus there were additional environmental problem within that period that was hostile to any life arising from a naturalistic origin. Naturalism explanation for the life’s origin is hardly a ‘firm base’; more like shakier than jello.
So.. you didn't read the book, I see...
I didn't either, but I can guess at the context that's eluding you.
Billions of years... until the Earth itself could come into existence... until telluric planets could come into being.
After that, it didn't take long for life to spring up on this particular planet.
So my question to you, again, is why do you misrepresent what respected scientists say?
It's like you have some agenda... or you've been sold that agenda and are now trying your best to sell it to others... like some ponzi or pyramid scheme... There's a reason why those are illegal!
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.