Hello, I'm a first time message leaver but I found the topic intriguing and thought I'd throw in 1cent worth (I couldn't come up with 2 cents!) The concept of the age of the earth I believe goes with this well. The age of the earth is based on the principle of Uniformitarianism that says the processes that we have now have always been the same processes at work in the earth. Evolution and dating methods have all been based on this assumption and as a high school science teacher I find it apalling that an entire branch of science can be based on an assumption that is most assuredly wrong. The flood was a drastic event that I believed changed the world in many more ways than we will be able to fathom. Many of those such as plate tectonics have already been mentioned in the discussion. The life spans drastically fall off and I don't think as I've heard before that the effects of the tree of life had "worn off". The earth was probably a harsher place without the protective 'water canopy". It was certainly the bottleneck event that scientists are trying to find for the extinction of the dinosaurs. I believe that there were dinosaurs on the ark probably in a immature form (even though the average dinosaur size was smaller than a horse) The dinosaurs probably had a hard time surviving in the post-flood environment. Many people fail to point out when they ask "But what happened to the dinosaurs? the real question which is what happened to all life? It was a time for mass extinction of all sorts of life...not just the "magical" dinosaurs. The main point is the carbon dating method which relies on the assumption that the ratio of C-12 to C-14 has always been the same which I believe has not, and was also probably drastically changed due to the environmental changes during the flood. Another assumption is how fast the C-14 turns into C-12 which is also assumed to be an "eternal' constant. Too many assumptions. I am sorry these thoughts are all over the place but I had to do it fast because its time for church! I'll be interested to hear all the other subjects on this site. In Him, Marc Hermon
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