Gentry's polonium halo hypothesis for a young Earth fails, or is inconclusive for, all tests. Gentry's entire thesis is built on a compounded set of assumptions. He is unable to demonstrate that concentric haloes in mica are caused uniquely by alpha particles resulting from the decay of polonium isotopes. His samples are not from "primordial" pieces of the Earth's original crust, but from rocks which have been extensively reworked. Finally, his hypothesis cannot accommodate the many alternative lines of evidence that demonstrate a great age for the Earth. Gentry rationalizes any evidence which contradicts his hypothesis by proposing three "singularities" - one time divine interventions - over the past 6000 years. Of course, supernatural events and processes fall outside the realm of scientific investigations to address. As with the idea of variable radioactive decay rates, once Gentry moves beyond the realm of physical laws, his arguments fail to have any scientific usefulness. If divine action is necessary to fit the halo hypothesis into some consistent model of Earth history, why waste all that time trying to argue about the origins of the haloes based on current scientific theory? This is where most Creationist arguments break down when they try to adopt the language and trappings of science. Trying to prove a religious premise is itself an act of faith, not science.
In the end, Gentry's young Earth proposal, based on years of measuring discoloration haloes, is nothing more than a high-tech version of the Creationist "Omphalos" argument. This is the late nineteenth century proposition that while God created the Earth just 6,000 years ago according to the Genesis account, He made everything appear old. Unfortunately, because Gentry has published his original work on haloes in reputable scientific journals, a number of basic geology and mineralogy text books still state that microscopic discoloration haloes in mica are the result of polonium decay.
2006-07-15 06:41:42
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answered by galactic_man_of_leisure 4
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It does not matter if one belongs to the Religion of Evolution of Darwin or to the Religion of Creationist whoever thery are; My postulate is that
"it is impossible do determine with our pecunious human mind how the Earth or the Heavens were Created"
The Biblical record implies A Creators(Elohim) who Created (how= we cannot know) the Universes and all Biological Life therein.
What He Created we can barely understand.
And if a Science of Creational theory was develloped it would be an enormous amount of information to sort out.However the truth is what humans are mostly curious and concerned about.
Science can try to dig out some of its mystery but is unable for certainty to determine the actual reality(see Heisenberg's idea of the indeterminacy principle,he had a good point)
2006-07-15 14:26:56
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answered by goring 6
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I wouldn't trust a religious site that showed an article on how followers of the Christian Bible were able to keep a huge company like IMAX from showing scientific documentaries that explained the theory of evolution.
This site's (http://www.remnantofgod.org/creation.htm) composure is completely opinionated and asks unintelligible questions to science. And when these illogical and irrelevant questions are not answered by an invisible and disrespected scientific community with no opportunity to respond, their points are shown to be proof that intelligent scientists all around the globe are filling their journals with "lies" about evolution and creationism.
2006-07-15 14:46:29
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answered by cptbirdman 2
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Some of these Edentia starships are pretty big.I wouldn't doubt it that Vallery banged this one out.She's the best with mirrors.You'd could check the Uversa library for permits.Someone at Ray and Lou's might know--they're right around the corner from Ah-Jah Jappy's camp.If you've got a sheed just head for the brightest light in the sky.When your ship gets hailed--tell them Balthor sent you.
2006-07-15 15:29:23
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answered by Balthor 5
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Any information you get from a fundamentalist web site about science, you can be sure is going to be unreliable and full of lies.
These people are not interested in truth and only interested in confusing and controlling people and keeping them ignorant. They are thoroughly dishonest and their "science" is trash.
2006-07-15 13:56:40
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answered by Alan Turing 5
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