Young Earth Creationism Vs. Science (Statler Waldorf Contd)

[Statler Waldorf]

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quote='Ashendant' pid='114837' dateline='1295494301']

Oh, good grief! We don't have to OBSERVE geologic events to know what happened!

Interesting. If you have never observed something happening then you’d have no idea what the results of that process looked like to infer the event happened elsewhere. We actually have observed catastrophic events carving out canyons, and those results look identical to the Grand Canyon. So I believe this is a more scientific approach.

What about god he clearly lacks observable proof, so does everything in the bible lacks observable proof, how do you know that Jesus existed you only have a book that tells you that he did how observable is that?
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Well I am not a complete empiricist. I believe that a lot of truth claims need to be observed, like the conclusions we are talking about here (the age of strata). Other truth claims do not need to be directly observed. People did directly observe Christ, it's a pretty fringe position to believe that Jesus of Nazareth never existed. As for God, He does not lack observable proof at all, creation is clear proof of a creator God, and every person has knowledge of God, many just suppress it in their hearts (Romans 1).