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Old-Earth Creationism
ICR ^ | March 2009 | Old-Earth Creationism by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

Posted on 03/25/2009 9:09:02 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts

Old-Earth Creationism

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

Many evangelical leaders today, unfortunately, have capitulated to the evolutionary timescale of modern unbelieving geologists and astronomers. They feel that they must somehow reinterpret the Genesis record of creation to allow for billions of prehistoric years, which the evolutionists must have in order to make cosmic evolution and biological evolution seem feasible. This compromise is necessary, they say, in order to win scientists and other intellectuals to the Lord...

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Current Events; Religion & Science; Theology
KEYWORDS: creation; creativeevolution; darwin; darwinianevolution; dayage; evolution; gaptheory; hughross; humor; idfollies; intelligentdesign; multiplecreation; pantheisticevolution; processcreation; progressivecreati; progressivecreation; punctuational; theisticevolution; yecmoronswithphds
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1 posted on 03/25/2009 9:09:02 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: editor-surveyor; metmom; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; GourmetDan; MrB; valkyry1; DaveLoneRanger; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 03/25/2009 9:09:47 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thanks for the ping!


3 posted on 03/25/2009 9:14:35 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: GodGunsGuts
Actually if one believes in the gap theory of Gen 1-2 then it can explain the old universe and the new creation.
5 posted on 03/25/2009 9:15:53 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Old Earth, or old universe is an abuse of physics and cosmology.

If the Universe expanded, then time expanded too!

Its dishonest to pretend not to understand this.


6 posted on 03/25/2009 9:16:20 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: GodGunsGuts

People would be wise not to question the literal interpretation of our Bible.If its in the Bible, its the Word of God


8 posted on 03/25/2009 9:20:53 PM PDT by dddanonymous
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To: guitarplayer1953

That is the way it Creation should be viewed.


9 posted on 03/25/2009 9:23:02 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: GodGunsGuts
Quoting from "Job: A Comedy of Justice" by Robert A. Heinlein (context: the main character is from an alternate history in which the USA is a Christian theocracy):

Another matter was a pet project of my own: the frustrating of astronomers. Few laymen realize what mischief astronomers are up to. I first noticed it when I was still in engineering school and took a course in descriptive astronomy under the requirements for breadth in each student's program. Give an astronomer a bigger telescope and turn him loose, leave him unsupervised, and the first thing he does is to come down with pestiferous, half-baked guesses denying the ancient truths of Genesis.

There is only one way to deal with this sort of nonsense: Hit them in the pocketbook! Redefine 'educational' to exclude those colossal white elephants, astronomical observatories. Make the Naval Observatory the only one tax free, reduce its staff, and limit their activity to matters clearly related to navigation. (Some of the most blasphemous and subversive theories have come from tenured civil servants there who don't have enough legitimate Work to keep them busy.)

Self-styled 'scientists' are usually up to no good, but astronomers are the worst of the lot.

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Sound familiar?

10 posted on 03/25/2009 9:26:57 PM PDT by GL of Sector 2814 (One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- R A Heinlein)
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To: padre35
The bible speaks of a time before of great kingdoms and such I believe it is in Jeremiah or Isiah.
11 posted on 03/25/2009 9:27:33 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
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To: dddanonymous

Amen to that! If the Lord wanted us to know more or how, He would have explained it in His Word!


12 posted on 03/25/2009 9:28:16 PM PDT by mrsalty
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If any moron can get a PhD, that certainly explains the subjective mess that is evolutionary biology! Of course, Darwin couldn’t even get a PhD, as the best he could manage was to drop out of medical school (although he did manage to get a degree in religion), went on to become an amateur naturalist, and then proceeded to plagiarize natural selection from a creation scientist. By my count, that makes Darwood at least a triple moron.


13 posted on 03/25/2009 9:28:39 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: dddanonymous

Amen to that!


14 posted on 03/25/2009 9:32:00 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: guitarplayer1953

Jer 1:4


15 posted on 03/25/2009 9:33:12 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Go on record...how old is the Earth??


16 posted on 03/25/2009 9:33:46 PM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (27th Infantry Regiment....cut in half during the Clinton years...)
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To: GodGunsGuts
If any moron can get a PhD,

Old-Earth Creationism

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

LOL!

17 posted on 03/25/2009 9:36:40 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: mrsalty

I always thought maybe us mortals are not capable of explaining His Word or His Design, and thats why completely discredited “theories” like evolution popped up. It gives comfort to those who think they know and can explain everything, which the evolutionists cant.


18 posted on 03/25/2009 9:39:20 PM PDT by dddanonymous
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To: padre35

1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,


19 posted on 03/25/2009 9:40:12 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
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To: ElectricStrawberry

==Go on record...how old is the Earth??

The Earth is about 6 thousand years old, distant galaxies are up to billions of years old, and yet they all owe their existence to the exact same creation week. Our God is truly and awesome God!


20 posted on 03/25/2009 9:40:22 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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