One of my points is that these are not real scientific objections. They start off, "If God accelerated decay rates, then..." These are mere mocking-comments that some atheists like to plague Christians with.
Mocking or not, they
are scientific.
The scientific method requires that hypotheses describe a mechanism which can be used to make prediciont that can be tested to falsify the hypothesis. In other words, YEC's have hypothesized that the rares of radioactive decay were increased to give the appearance of an old Earth. If this accelleration actually happened, there should be certain evidences we should see today, as results of the extreme heat.
This is the "If God" part. If accelerated radioactive decay happened, it would result in certain changes in the Earth. Some of these changes would be significant enough for usa to still detect today. This is how we test the hypothesis - if the predictions of the hypothesis do not hold true, then the hypothess is false.
Because the objections start off with the words "If God...", they cannot be scientific objections. They bring God into the picture and "graciously" give to Him the ability to acelerate decay rates. Once that has been done, the realm of pure science has been left. Then, for some unknown reason, the objections restrict how, where, and when God can do the accelerating.
You're dodging. The "If God" staements would still be valid if they left God out, simply saying "If accellerated decay happened, these would be the results." God is inserted into the statements only because you are proposing that God did it - God is part of your hypothesis.
Sure you can say "God is capable of anything, and could have made it all this way, despite the evidence to the contrary." But then you could also say "God created the universe exactly as it is, with the appearance of age and memories pre-created, last Thrusday at 10:00 am."
If you want to propose scientific explanations as to the "how" of "Goddidit," you have to accept the scientific method and all it entails, including falsification. If you want to say "but He could've..." every time your point is refuted, stick to just saying "Goddidit" and leave it at that.
Every time a fundy breaks the laws of thermodynamics, Schroedinger probably kills his cat.
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