Selam, aka Lucy's Baby, is the nickname given to the complete fossilized skeleton of a juvenile Australopithecus afarensis found in Dikika, Ethiopia in December 2000. The skeleton is definitely too human to be an ape, and too apelike to be considered human.
Selam was found in between two layers of volcanic ash. The bottom layer was dated at 3.31 million years old, the top was 3.35 million years old. Both layers were dated by measuring the amount of radioactive decay of atoms in the volcanic isotopes.
So, what I want to know is, what do you have to do to come up with an explanation that sounds plausible, even to you, that God created humans in their current form only 6,000 years ago? Is the skeleton (and all other homonid skeletons) a giant hoax? Do you deny that radioactive isotopes decay at a constant, measurable rate?
2006-12-12 11:55:02 · 11 answers · asked by abram.kelly 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
kenny p: That's great that you read a science journal. I would be more impressed if you knew that carbon dating only works on objects less than 60,000 years old, so it obviously wasn't the method used here.
2006-12-12 12:12:20 · update #1
Seriously? The best objection you've got is that you don't understand radiometric dating? The principle is no more complicated than a quartz watch, it's not like it's cutting-edge science or anything.
2006-12-12 12:23:09 · update #2
You have to explain things to the creationists very carefully... like the fact that the ash was NOT dated through Carbon dating and that many completely different forms of isotope dating and other dating methods all give the SAME dates for many events.
And just so you know - theses wackos DO deny constant decay rates.
2006-12-12 12:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by skeptic 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The skeleton is real. I deny that radioactive isotopes decay at a constant, measurable rate. Lucy was probably walking around way less than 3.35 million years ago. There are powerful forces in our Universe that have yet to be seen in modern times that have an effect on matter and how it decomposes.
As for the earth being young, I do not believe that. We've been on this rock for a long time and will continue to be. It's all in the script.
2006-12-12 12:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Atlas 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Could easily be that the layers of volcanic ash and lava and time deformed the skeleton grotesquely from heat and pressure of the eruption..
As for the dating, do you have any way to confirm that the volcano erupted 3.31 million years ago? Is there anyone around to verify it? Do you have written records from 3.31 million years ago, stories passed down from generation to generation, anything to prove that the dating is accurate?
I mean if written record only goes back 6,000 years, how would you know if anything existed before then? How do you know the readings are even right?
2006-12-12 12:03:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
As a Christian I can tell you when it comes to evolution, most Christians brains stop working beyond the death of Christ, It is hard to imagine that people today still think Adam & Eve were the first humans on this earth, as a catholic I belive religion teaches more ignorance than common sense these days, I believe in Christ and I believe in God, and there are some days I just want to pull all my hair out when I see and hear such ignorance in our churches today, PS Im sure it is in all of them.
2006-12-12 12:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for all creationists, but me and the science minded creationists I know, believe the Grand Canyon was carved out millions of years ago by ice glaciers.
2016-05-23 16:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak for the skeleton....I have not heard of that find at all
But as for carbon dating.........it is flawed. I read a science journal, ( yes I do read them ) about carbon dating and it's accuracies. They had dated a living tree and found it to be thousands of years old.
So.I would have my reservations
2006-12-12 12:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by kenny p 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
it's some satanic scam that was made up by athiest that are really secret devil worshippers, nah that's just what i'm expecting to hear.
2006-12-12 12:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by Laughing Man 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hold on a sec, I'm gonna check my Bible....
(joking, of course)
2006-12-12 12:02:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
God created this world to evolve. Both are happening at the same time.
2006-12-12 11:59:15 · answer #9 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No we cannot explain it. Can you explain how the constellation ursa major lines up the way it does? can you explain how splitting an atom can power a city like it does. Can you explain how a cup of coffee and a breakfast roll can cause an old mans eyes to light up on Christmas morning?
No, then why do you say Oh My GOD?
Why are you out buying Christ mas presents.
2006-12-12 12:00:30 · answer #10 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 0⤊ 7⤋