Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
You are obviously trying to pick a fight with me or at least make fun of my views on what the Bible says about a pre-Adamic flood. I can handle that. But, please understand that I don't really have an opinion about what the scientists have found concerning ancient creation. I'm really just starting to learn about it.
Before I read this post and knew that you took a swipe at my views on the Bible, I have been reading the debate between the scientists and the creationist. Most of what I have read concerns the dating of fossils and also Carbon dating. I have not looked into evolutionary theory, just dating. I am reading it with as an open mind as I am capable. My early take on it is that the scientists on the dating issue are straight up. They are subject to peer review, and the really good ones really don't have an agenda. They are just telling us what was on the earth and when. Of course, they admit that they get better and better at dating things, but I believe they are legitimate and their data has to at least be considered good science.
The Creationist, on the other hand, at least the ones attacking the scientist, most definitely have an agenda. This is especially true of the new earth creationist, but it also includes those who believe the earth is older than 6000 years. They have attacked the scientist unmercifully. I have read the arguments on both sides, and I know this may upset some of my fellow Christians on this board, but I think the scientist on the dating issue have the more righteous position.
The Bible is not a science book, nor does it purport to be. I don't have the answers from a scientific standpoint and I am not going to get it from reading the Bible. The scientists do not claim to have all the answers either. But, at least they are out their busting their butts in the not so great places trying to find scientific answers. Let's let them do their work. They will present some hypothesis that will be incorrect, but their research will hopefully bare out the truth.
In the meantime, I read the Bible to say what it says. I realize that even with a belief that there was an ELE before Adam that would make the world older, what the scientist have found does not line up very well with my Biblical beliefs. The last ELE appears to have been 34 million years ago. However, I am going to let the theologians continue to do their work in their area of expertise and let the scientist do their work in their area of expertise. It will be fun to see how this thing plays out.