Posted by Al; [Aldurant] on April 07, 1999 at 21:40:50 {HTWDI6pmYgbNVk78PDhst74NX2uzuA}:
In Reply to: ****Mammoths, Flood -- for WW posted by Extra!-WW on April 07, 1999 at 20:43:43:
Whatever is behind the myths, especially the Sumerian ones to which you refer, we can hardly base precise moral decisions and othe rmajor life policies on such rumored approximations. Arn't you even slightly suspicious of people who push
inerrancy and "setting things straight" with a reference with such a background. Look at the organizations they have produced. Are you going to wait another 20 years until you run head-on into their craziness yourself? And on Radio-Carbon
dating. Read some recent elaborations by people who perform the tests. Look it up for yourself. Look at the tables, the graphs, the calibration methods, the tests of the method for yourself. Their are many other methods also. Look them up,
it's easy. How can we come at science, looking for every chink in the armor, then blow off the absolutely ridiculous and astronomical controversies, contradictions, and conflicts that are associate with religion and The Bible? It's crazy.
If The Bible doesn't get literally every last thing wrong we say it is inspired by God. If science makes errors, then we ignore everything we continue to rely on about it and opt for some controversial ancient manuscripts. We ignore
relgion's almost unbroken history of lying their brains out, in the most sophisticated manner "for a good cause."
Al