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Originally Posted by GOODOLEDAYS1016
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You can use Answers in Genesis as a source, just don't expect it to be taken seriously in a discussion about science. There is hardly anything on that site that is based on actual science. At best, it's pseudo-science, and at worst (which is often the case), it's just misleading, mis-informed, drivel. They make the claim that modern Homo Sapiens lived at the same time as the dinosaurs (that Creation "Museum" that they opened even has a display showing man riding a dinosaur)... which of course was less than 6000 years ago. C'mon, really??
This is taken from the link you provided:
Carbon-14 (14C), also referred to as radiocarbon, is claimed to be a reliable dating method for determining the age of fossils up to 50,000 to 60,000 years. If this claim is true, the biblical account of a young earth (about 6,000 years) is in question, since 14C dates of tens of thousands of years are common.1
When a scientist’s interpretation of data does not match the clear meaning of the text in the Bible, we should never reinterpret the Bible.
The first paragraph is logical, and even leads to a good point - the biblical account of a young earth is in question. But it's the stubborn, close-minded refusal to even
think about accepting that conclusion that gets me. That's the complete opposite of the objectivity of science.
Why can't these people accept change? Hell, even the last pope (JPII) admitted evolution is an accepted theory, and can be compatible with Christianity:
Today, almost half a century after the publication of the encyclical, new knowledge has led to the recognition of the theory of evolution as more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of discoveries in various fields of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of this theory. (taken from
CATHOLIC LIBRARY: Truth Cannot Contradict Truth (1996) )
My thoughts on the ability to be open-minded to change can be summed up as thus:
It's beneficial for society to study the past... but detrimental to live in it.