DuckInAPen
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Why is carbon dating useless past 6000 years? Carbon 14 has a half life of about 5700 years, meaning that half of the original amount of C-14 in a given sample would still be there 5700 years later.
The bible is a good book with a lot of wisdom but it was written and edited by men. Edited mostly by men with an agenda to gain or keep their powerful positions and the privileges that came with it.
The carbon breaks down too much to get an accurate read.
It is why the switch to uranium dating as uranium can be dated easily as it goes from 238 to 236 to Raddon 222 to polonium 210.
I do not dispute the rock accuracy as billions of years old. I simply do not believe these rocks have been in our universe that long though.
This is what I believe:
You own a home that is hundreds of years old. You need more space and build an extension.
This extension is brand new which is our current universe.
You then turn on the lights to the new room( bang!) and the new room exist.
You then move the excess furniture from your current home into the new addition ( vibrating strings M theory)
Is the room billion years old? No.
Is the furniture though? Yes.
You then close the door and seal off the original section of the home ( black hole rip in time that flattens time) which will still create an air leak under the door and pull back into the main house.
And boom you have a new universe that is in the same multiverse but not the same time line and is now self reliant.
This is why they are having to use inflation to calculate why the entire universe is the same temperature throughout. If it spun from one explosion the temp would change as it gets further to the edges but it’s not. This fiat means the entire universe came into being within seconds.
This universe is simply a sequel and may/probably collapse within itself eventually and create a whole other universe due to dark energy. Hence, the Big Crunch.
On one side I get what you're saying, on the other, aren't us Christians the only ones mostly attacked? I mean look at the op, he was asked if this included another religion, said yes, then immediately in his next post went back to making it solely about christianity. Any time, ever, a white person does something certain one's on this board, to the media, bring up christianity. Any time a Muslim does something, first thing out is "radical ", and "they're a peaceful religion ". People rather blame Christians for not giving enough help in countries where their religion is part of the problem. I could go on, but if you all that hate religion showed the same consistency across religion as you do with christianity, then you wouldn't notice that victim mentality.The victim entitlement so many "Christians" exude when some one trots out that they are a skeptic of non believer is fascinating. It's like... it ain't just your flavor that getting side eye here buddy, you're not special.
King James
So by "Bible" you don't mean the original texts, but translations from them?
And what specifically about the King James Version supports your assertion? What specifically was "edited" in it "by men with an agenda to gain or keep their powerful positions and the privileges that came with it"?
On one side I get what you're saying, on the other, aren't us Christians the only ones mostly attacked? I mean look at the op, he was asked if this included another religion, said yes, then immediately in his next post went back to making it solely about christianity. Any time, ever, a white person does something certain one's on this board, to the media, bring up christianity. Any time a Muslim does something, first thing out is "radical ", and "they're a peaceful religion ". People rather blame Christians for not giving enough help in countries where their religion is part of the problem. I could go on, but if you all that hate religion showed the same consistency across religion as you do with christianity, then you wouldn't notice that victim mentality.
The entire reason why radiometric dating works is due to the "breakdown" that you cite. I think anyone who actually works in the field would dispute that the method doesn't work after one half life.
I'm not going to say you're wrong about the rest of what you posted but I will say that a lot of important nuance is lost between researching on Google and having a PhD and doing research in the field.
You're entitled to your opinion, but I assure you, my beliefs have nothing to do with being a crutch. It's because I've had a personal experience with what I believe.You're a victim of your geography, this may come as a surprise but - you live in America where the predominant Abrahamic religion is Christianity. Ironically, if you grew up and lived in the middle east, you'd be deriding the fact that we seemed to only be picking on muslims, because you'd likely be a muslim. Also ironically, you're unwittingly making my point for me, e.g. your religion isn't special - atheists' don't believe in your religion just as much or as feverishly as they don't believe in any of the other hundreds or thousands of other religious flavors.
And to be clear, radicalized islamists may "hate" your religion, atheists' don't hate it. That sort of belief is likely a crutch you've ginned up to help you cope with not being accepted. I don't "hate" a religion any more than I hate the Flying Spaghetti Monster, garden sprites or bridge trolls. Again, my point was that many Christian's think they're special and love to grouse about persecution when a non believer rolls the ball out on to the field.
On one side I get what you're saying, on the other, aren't us Christians the only ones mostly attacked? I mean look at the op, he was asked if this included another religion, said yes, then immediately in his next post went back to making it solely about christianity. Any time, ever, a white person does something certain one's on this board, to the media, bring up christianity. Any time a Muslim does something, first thing out is "radical ", and "they're a peaceful religion ". People rather blame Christians for not giving enough help in countries where their religion is part of the problem. I could go on, but if you all that hate religion showed the same consistency across religion as you do with christianity, then you wouldn't notice that victim mentality.
Good observation but Islam is not a religion. It is an authoritarian political system masquerading as one. That's why it is so difficult for anyone to get out.Did this "new study" include islam & muslims as well?
Children seeing their parents actions of beheadings & killings & the rape of others is a good look for them?
You're entitled to your opinion, but I assure you, my beliefs have nothing to do with being a crutch. It's because I've had a personal experience with what I believe.
Even the original texts (remember there were hundreds of them)
were written by men.
Educated men and back then only the powerful were educated.
Look, I‘ve said that the Bible is a good book with tons of wisdom and if you follow the teachings of the New Testament you really can’t go wrong.
But to think for 1 second that if Jesus had said “Ignore Caesar and do not pay his taxes” it would have made it into the Bible is crazy.
Actually the theory I listed is called black hole cosmology and is widely accepted by many physicist and drawing a larger audience. It is also something I didn’t google but actually listened to while at a science convention at COSI and felt that it made sense.
I'm not an atheist, I believe in the all mighty but I don't believe what man has written about him (the bible) is the word of the all Mighty. I turned away from organized religion when our preacher told me my dad was in danger of going to hell because he didn't come to church very often. I thought about that for a little bit and came to the conclusion that if a man that hasn't stolen, murdered, raped, rarely drinks, doesn't gamble or done anything remotely wrong is going to hell because he milks and feeds on Sunday mornings so his kids can go to church I have no business being associated with that religion.