Actually, what's funny is all the dates for the age of dinosaurs, the big bang theory, and everything else that scientists accept as fact today were formulated when they were still putting dinosaur skeletons together all wrong. There was no possible way to determine the age of these creatures, it was all just guesswork.
Rather than coming up with new ages that better explain the origin of the species, scientists just stuck with the original, off the wall numbers.
I don't know how old the earth is, but I feel very certain it isn't ANYWHERE close to how old they say it is.
Besides, what's Palin going to do? "THE EARTH IS 6000 YEARS OLD! GAH!" *hit nuclear launch button*. How does that have any bearing on anything?
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No, her belief that the final battle between good and evil on the fields of Armageddon will happen in her lifetime could get her to push the button. Her belief that the earth is 6,000 years old might just make her fuck up your schools before then.
The Big Bang has nothing to do with dinosaurs. No, current age estimates of dinosaurs are not holdovers from the 19th Century. Yes, there are extremely accurate ways to determine the age of those creatures. And I can't imagine more than half a dozen people on earth who give a rat's ass about your estimate of the earth's age.
Palin is affiliated with church groups that believe that starting a nuclear war between Israel and Iran (and/or Russia and/or Pakistan and/or Iraq...) will bring on the end of the world and that this is a good thing . A lot of her fellow faithful want her in the White House specifically so that she can start a nuclear war . Yeah, I tend to see that as just a bit frightening.
Rather than coming up with new ages that better explain the origin of the species, scientists just stuck with the original, off the wall numbers.
Waitaminnit, I thought science had teh eevul all over it because they do adjust to new knowledge. Isn't it the bible bangers who 'stick with' their original info, no matter what? Talk about 'off the wall'.
"the big bang theory, and everything else that scientists accept as fact today were formulated when they were still putting dinosaur skeletons together all wrong."
According to this dinosaur skeleton, the age of the universe is 13.8 billion. Wait, we put the wrong head on it. The universe is only 13.7 billion.
"Besides, what's Palin going to do? "THE EARTH IS 6000 YEARS OLD! GAH!" *hit nuclear launch button*. How does that have any bearing on anything?"
"RAPTURE! REVELATION! ARMAGEDDON! OMFG! *hits nuclear launch button*
How's that for bearing?
@The Jamo
You fail. Your opinion of aaronjustice was based on observable data. aaronjustice's opinion on how old the earth is based on nothing but the random synapses firing in his head.
Besides, what's Palin going to do? "THE EARTH IS 6000 YEARS OLD! GAH!" *hit nuclear launch button*.
The missiles are flying gentlemen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
I don't know how old the earth is, but I feel very certain it isn't ANYWHERE close to how old they say it is.
...feel...
Here's the difference between you and scientists. You feel , scientists think . Welcome to the real world.
Points for Fundie: "There was no possible way to determine the age of these creatures, it was all just guesswork."
Points against fundie: "I don't know how old the earth is." In other words, he recognizes that it's not automatically 6000 years old just because some medieval theologian said it was.
"Besides, what's Palin going to do? "THE EARTH IS 6000 YEARS OLD! GAH!" *hit nuclear launch button*. How does that have any bearing on anything?" He recognizes that he can't convince anyone of a value for the age of the earth without empirical evidence.
He's just not that fundie.
:Actually, what's funny is all the dates for the age of dinosaurs, the big bang theory, and everything else that scientists accept as fact today were formulated when they were still putting dinosaur skeletons together all wrong.”
“There was no possible way to determine the age of these creatures, it was all just guesswork.”
“Rather than coming up with new ages that better explain the origin of the species, scientists just stuck with the original, off the wall numbers.”
“I don't know how old the earth is, but I feel very certain it isn't ANYWHERE close to how old they say it is.”
“Besides, what's Palin going to do? "THE EARTH IS 6000 YEARS OLD! GAH!" *hit nuclear launch button*. How does that have any bearing on anything?”
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