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as individual years, yet....? ........that polar area is so cold that they NEVER have thaws that would create such freeze-thaw layers. So what is their rebuttal to that scientific fact? (Obviously, this YEC argument is an effort to deny an earth age older than 6,000+ years.) [Yes, I know...

geologists who explore...? .......for oil? It seems like a geologist having a correct understanding of earth history and unencumbered by wrong ideas like a 4.7 billion year old earth and uniformitarism would have a TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE. Has this been the case...

geologists who explore...? .......for oil? It seems like a geologist having a correct understanding of earth history and unencumbered by wrong ideas like a 4.7 billion year old earth and uniformitarism would have a TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE. Has this been the case...

original publications but eventually...? .....developed a nearly fanatical following which somehow concluded that it was a uniquely "inspired translation" like no other?

original publications but eventually...? .....developed a nearly fanatical following which somehow concluded that it was a uniquely "inspired translation" like no other?

rant on tangents of their own? Is it simply a desire to use R&S to promote their personal views *OR* do most participants simply have atrocious reading comprehension skills (or both)? =================================================================== Some people will tend to reply with a...

side (from which Eve..? ....was formed)?

...original creation of man........? ....... that is, from the dust of the ground, it is simply referring to inorganic material in general, i.e., chemical compounds and elements.......... and NOT NECESSARILY direct creation of Adam from soil (i.e. the dust of the ground)? I wonder because in...

...they ignorant of scripture or..? .....was it simply a case of incorporating all "nativity story" elements into one picture? ====================== Obviously, the Wise Men visited Jesus and his family a couple of years after his birth.

...to complain that BBT....? .........was inherently theistic because a scientific declaration that the universe had a beginning [as Stephen Hawking emphasized in his A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME] leads to the natural conclusion that a moment of creation implies a creator? Why or why not?

...to complain that BBT....? .........was inherently theistic because a scientific declaration that the universe had a beginning [as Stephen Hawking emphasized in his A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME] leads to the natural conclusion that a moment of creation implies a creator? Why or why not?

anything their told"? Is "dilution" of minds a major problem in our time? (And does this "dilution" lead to believing anything THEY ARE TOLD or THEIR TOLD? I wonder because I find it fascinating that those who are the first to deplore the ignorance of others seem so often to be prone to...

28:19's explicit statement? “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). ==================================== Yes: "name" is in the singular. (Not sure if you are making that point facetiously but thanks.)

renunciation" of evolution are myths? ===================== How does one go about "prostrating" something?

votes? Yes, some questions involve very subjective topics and therefore the answers are equally subjective (and/or downright hostile). But I find it amazing that even the most objective types of information-seeking questions lead to insightful and factually-correct answers which nevertheless...