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From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: The Scientific Case for Creation: (Part 25)
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 20:03:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 20:03:23 1985
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> >        40.  The material of the earth (as well  as  Mars,  Venus,  and
> >             Mercury) should almost all be hydrogen and helium--similar
> >             to that of the sun  and  rest  of  the  visible  universe;
> >             actually much less than 1% of the earth's mass is hydrogen
> >             or helium [d,e].
> 
>     This is rich.  I'm willing to bet that this is a deliberate lie.  No
> current theory for the origion of the solar system that I've ever heard of
> suggests that the composition of the earth should be nearly all hydrogen
> and helium.


The fact that heavier elements exist is one of the strongest arguments for
the rather substantial age of the universe, they having been formed out of
the lighter elements by nuclear fusion in stars.

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Michael Lonetto  PHRI  NYC  (allegra!phri!lonetto)

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