Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!DKAUNI2!UK3W From: UK3W@DKAUNI2 (Matt Will) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: Re: KE: Radioactive Dating Message-ID: <"90-02-12-18:34:44.82*UK3W"@DKAUNI2.BITNET> Date: 12 Feb 90 19:59:32 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 33 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Dear Michelle, I am not sure either how Kurt came up with his remarks on radioactive dating, but since I have read a few things about it, I'd like to let you know what my opinion is. First of all, I think that there *are* problems with using radioactive materials in trying to find the age of rocks and fossils. Most of all, because the quantity used in an experiment is so small that it hardly comes equal to the radioactive material present at that time, and so the results of those experiments will also be different from reality, if we can ever perceive it at all. Then, there are also numerous exam- ples of grave dating errors, such as you mentioned (lava dating) and others, too. Concerning evolution, there are several problems to the theory, for example: since it is a theory trying to explain everything without de- pending on a superior intelligence or force (like a God), how would you explain the developing of cells from 'nothing at all' (and I don't think coincidence is a good explanation for it)? As far as I have understood, you understand that God acted perhaps as a driving force behind the scene (correct me if I am wrong), but how do you match it with what the Bible tells you about creation? The theory of creationism says that the different species have been created at the same time. Since then, of course, there has been vari- ation in each species, but this has at the most been some kind of 'micro-evolution'. I don't understand how, even with billions and billions of years, evolution could have occured, from nothing to Einstein... Anyway, if you are interested, try to read some literature from both evolutionists and creationists, as it is always important to view things from both sides. Keep me posted, if you want to! Yours, Matt