[GourmetDan]

"What growth rate would have been required to get from 8 people in 4000 BC to however many people would have to be around in 400 BC to have 3,000,000+ in Greece and enough people in Persia to provide 2.6 million for an army? And then what would the growth rate have to be from then to now in order to average .5% for all time? And why did it slow down so drastically?"

You misrepresent what the calculation is saying. The actual population at any point in time would be above or below the .5% average growth rate. It is a straight line from today back to 8 people after the Flood. The time above the line is faster growth, the time below the line is wars, plagues, etc.

Nice attempt at reiterating the T.O. misrepresentation though.

[qam1]

You misrepresent what the calculation is saying. The actual population at any point in time would be above or below the .5% average growth rate. It is a straight line from today back to 8 people after the Flood

And that's why that 0.5% is meaningless, made up number.

You can start at anytime, with any number of people (well at least 2) and draw a straight line to today and claim that's the average growth rate. That's not science, that starting with an answer you want and making the data fit.

Global warming Proponents do the same exact thing when they pick a cold year(s) as the start of their data.