Barbarian observes:
It doesn't matter what was in whatever book you remember. What matters is the truth, and as you see, the truth is that your statement denying the fact, is demonstrably wrong. I used to review textbooks, and I have a collection of old ones, going back to the early 1900s. None of them say the earth is less than millions of years old. So I have no idea what you were looking at. I know that when I was in school in the early 60s, the textbooks said billions of years old.
Not in any school I've ever seen. Can you provide us some kind of evidence to support that story?
No, how would I without a LOT of painstaking work?
I provided evidence for you. Can you show us anything that supports your claim?
I 'can' put my hand on a bible. I did NOT hear 'billions' until I was in college. Why would I say it was 'quite a shock'?
I don't think you lie, so I'm wondering what kind of school you went to, where they didn't use standard science textbooks.
(Barbarian notes that an infallible source, plus a fallible interpretation, is fallible)
Um, no. Proof: 2+2= "infallible" for this example. Enter fallible me: "4"
Two errors there:
1. a fallible person can still be right about some things.
2. 2+2 could be 11, if one was using base 3.
"Fallible" does not mean "always wrong."
Barbarian observes:
But everyone says they are influenced by the Holy Spirit, and they still disagree. So that's not an infallible test, either. My guess is that the Holy Spirit doesn't even get involved in the age of the Earth.
He "didn't" influence Moses to write Genesis?
He just didn't give us an age for the Earth in Genesis.
Er "Four!" See? Sometimes I get it right.
Sometimes, that would be right. But sometimes, it's not.
Barbarian observes:
It's not uncommon for those who claim to speak for God, to confuse themselves with God. I really hope that's not what you just did here.
Again YOU intimated that, Barb. Sorry about that, had not a lot to do with me.
You presented your modern interpretation of Genesis as the word of God.
(Barbarian notes that orogeny is a complicated process)
Er, aced my geology class. It wasn't that hard, Barb. Was it nearly impossible for you? :noway:
Never took a course in Earth science. Nevertheless, I have enough reading in the literature (because it's necessary for some things in paleontology) to know that it's a lot more complicated than presented in intro courses.
I was good enough to pass a test and get certified to teach it in high school.
It's one thing to grasp the concept. Quite another to actually apply to the real world.
I compared it to human theologies. You're very, very wrong if you think anyone's theology comes even close to completely comprehending God. Theology is not God, although a lot of "religious" people think so.
I said quantum physics is nowhere near as vast as the Lord Jesus Christ.
But we're talking about fallible human beings interpreting God, which is another issue entirely.
Right. I've done extremely well in science and fairly well in mathematics. I'd reckon I'm an apt student to date. I'm not my daughter, but she is acing here science degree at the moment. You might be fascinated to find, as a non-Catholic, she disagrees with some of your science conclusions. My brother, also not Catholic, also with a Biology degree, ALSO disagrees with some science 'findings.' :think:
Might be fun to discuss those. Tell us about it.
lants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
