I love it when people try to use science to prove something, then use it wrong.
The amount of energy the sun outputs today (or the earth receives) has no direct relationship on determining the age of the earth. The sun has not always put out the same amount of energy, nor will it always. Look at other stars. The sun is merely a star and will go through the same life cycle as any other star of similar mass.
Study some simple geography, geology, and astronomy. The earth can't be only 40,000 years old by the simple proof of moving plate techtonics, the rate at which things get buried in the earth as it shifts, and other simple things one learns in high school.
Add in carbon-dating and other radioactive atoms and you get even more data to back that up.
Add in the telescopes that see to the far reaches of the universe (creation of systems) and you have yet more data that supports it.
Why is it so many people can believe God created a planet in a day, but they can't accept God creating the universe and letting evolution take its course?
Yes, it is time.
File this under "real science" please.
Anyone who thinks massive creatures like this are faked probably believes in an invisible, all-powerful genie who controls the whole world, grants wishes to some people, and magically wisks them away to some really nice place when they die.
Oh, wait...
Well, whatever it is, it HAS to be preferable to whatever is in a MacDonald's "burger".
I don't think I want to know what parts of the cow are in there. Lips and assholes? Oh, wait, that's hotdogs.
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I love it when people try to use science to prove something, then use it wrong. The amount of energy the sun outputs today (or the earth receives) has no direct relationship on determining the age of the earth. The sun has not always put out the same amount of energy, nor will it always. Look at other stars. The sun is merely a star and will go through the same life cycle as any other star of similar mass. Study some simple geography, geology, and astronomy. The earth can't be only 40,000 years old by the simple proof of moving plate techtonics, the rate at which things get buried in the earth as it shifts, and other simple things one learns in high school. Add in carbon-dating and other radioactive atoms and you get even more data to back that up. Add in the telescopes that see to the far reaches of the universe (creation of systems) and you have yet more data that supports it. Why is it so many people can believe God created a planet in a day, but they can't accept God creating the universe and letting evolution take its course?
Yes, it is time. File this under "real science" please. Anyone who thinks massive creatures like this are faked probably believes in an invisible, all-powerful genie who controls the whole world, grants wishes to some people, and magically wisks them away to some really nice place when they die. Oh, wait...
Well, whatever it is, it HAS to be preferable to whatever is in a MacDonald's "burger". I don't think I want to know what parts of the cow are in there. Lips and assholes? Oh, wait, that's hotdogs.