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Originally posted by Cobra_snake:
Truth be told, the main reason I am a young-earth creationist is because that is what my parents taught me. I have looked at many of the facts and I am still unconvinced that natural processes alone could account for everything in this world.
However, I am beggining to think that old-earth may be more realistic. I am heavily researching the carbon dating process, and if I can't find any significant flaw in that process, I will likely change to an old-earth Creationist.
I hope I can be a good contribution to the intelligent debate in this forum.
Sure enough, I responded to your post in the separation of church and state forum, and find you over here, a step ahead of me. With all due respect to your parents (I'm sure they are fine wonderful people); unless they are experts in earth science, or at least very well educated in the field, they aren't a good source for your scientific knowledge on the age of the earth. As I stated on my other post, you have a lot of years of study ahead of you. Don't decide right now. Simply put away all thoughts on religion, creationism, evolution, and concentrate on learning as much as you can unfettered by what your parents, ministers, friends, even teachers tell you. It's actually quite a bit of reading but if you are like me, you'll enjoy your studies.
BTW, Talkorigins is a great way to start learning about the great debate. I would suggest reading every single FAQ there.
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