RE: Tell us about the dinosaurs
November 12, 2010 at 11:00 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2010 at 11:04 pm by orogenicman.)
Statler wrote:
WTF?
Statler wrote:
Most geologists don't agree with the above because that is NOT what uniformitarianism is. Uniformitarianism assumes that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now, have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe. Rates can vary, but the processes and physical laws remain the same (i.e., the processes and physics of erosion as they occur today are the same as they were 500 million years ago. The rates can vary). And Lyell didn't coin the idea, Hutton did.
Oh, and Statler. You are right that there is no evidence that you could ever present to convince me or anyone else here of a global flood because it simply doesn't exist and even the notion violates nearly every known law of physics. Sorry ole chap. Santa Claus still doesn't exist.
Quote:Well Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and increase volcanic activity are part of the global flood model, so I am not surprised at all that you find evidence supporting these things.
WTF?
Statler wrote:
Quote:I don’t think you understand what Uniformitarianism is, it’s not the belief that events that happen today also happened in the past. It is the belief that ALL the rates we observed have been constant and uniform for the entirety of Earth’s history. So if we observe a creek in the bottom of a canyon, we can assume that creek carves that canyon, not something else. I actually think you will find that many Geologists don’t agree with this, and are moving away from the teachings of Lyell.
Most geologists don't agree with the above because that is NOT what uniformitarianism is. Uniformitarianism assumes that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now, have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe. Rates can vary, but the processes and physical laws remain the same (i.e., the processes and physics of erosion as they occur today are the same as they were 500 million years ago. The rates can vary). And Lyell didn't coin the idea, Hutton did.
Oh, and Statler. You are right that there is no evidence that you could ever present to convince me or anyone else here of a global flood because it simply doesn't exist and even the notion violates nearly every known law of physics. Sorry ole chap. Santa Claus still doesn't exist.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
