(September 7, 2011 at 3:51 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You don't feel that a pattern of consistency over any given time frame we care to look is reason enough to apply provisional certainty to tomorrow. This requires magic?
Nope, that would be begging the question because in order to justify that position you would have to use the premise "It has worked in the past therefore it will work in the future." which assumes the very thing you are trying to prove to be true. Tsk tsk.
Quote: You're right, they didn't have to be deposited over millions of years, but unfortunately for your argument they were. You would have to argue against more than fossilization to even come close to a workable theory.
Stop assuming the proof and demonstrate they were deposited over millions or billions of years.
