(April 18, 2016 at 12:39 pm)Cherubim Wrote:(April 18, 2016 at 12:34 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Ooooooooooooooh man, this guy is straight out of Answers In Genesis.
Be advised, Cherubim. There are many here who have backgrounds/careers in biochemistry and evolutionary biology, including myself.
The "Polonium halos" AiG article is over 20 years old, and has been heavily debunked by actual research.
http://ncse.com/rncse/30/5/origin-polonium-halos
Edit to Add: Upon looking, I found out that Robert Gentry first forwarded the idea in 1965... so it's over 50 years old. However, since I first encountered this misinformation in college in the 1990s, I took it to be 20 years. My mistake.
I hope you know that we have the same evidence but a different interpretation of said evidence. Does an atheist interpret it my way or his way? You're going about it the wrong way.
You clearly did not read the heavily-cited article to which I referred you.
You don't get to "interpret" the data in a way that conflicts with testable reality, and call it valid. Sorry.
Finally, what in the world makes you think the author(s) of that article/website are atheists? I happen to personally know (well, have met on numerous occasions) the head of the NSCE, and I know she's a Christian. She is also an evolutionary biologist and (now retired) professor.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
