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4. This comes as not much of a surprise

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:24 AM

Nov 2012

most recent poll showed that 46% (!) of Americans believe in the literal truth of Biblical creationism.

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Slate: Why Doesn't Florida Senator Marco Rubio Know How Old the Earth Is? [View all] Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 OP

Hit these fucktards with, oh, say, radio-carbon dating and the fact that it coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #1

Yep. And Satan put those dinosaur bones in the ground to confuse us also davidn3600 Nov 2012 #3

Didn't Noah or Moses or some such figure ride a dinosaur to work each day? - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #6

Actually, that was Alley Oop peace frog Nov 2012 #11

oop, oop nt griloco Nov 2012 #21

No, no...that was Jesus! BadgerKid Nov 2012 #28

No, no, no. God did it to test us. He just miracle'd up all these peculiarities to see if we could tclambert Nov 2012 #14

Faith is trying like hell to believe in something you know can't possibly be true. jerseyjack Nov 2012 #24

Radiometric dating; but not radio-carbon dating. Jim__ Nov 2012 #20

Much appreciated. I had been using "radio carbon dating" for coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #40

They just say its not accurate Nevernose Nov 2012 #58

One of the "flat-Earth ignoramuses"? Well if the Earth isn't flat, how could it have been flooded? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #2

Ever seen a puddle on a patio? A HERETIC I AM Nov 2012 #13

Sure. But the Bible(s) doesn't say that God flooded the patios one patio at a time. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #32

Well...... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2012 #35

That must explain it. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #37

This comes as not much of a surprise Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #4

Haha. That's hilarious to anyone with more than a passing knowledge of coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #7

Catholics aren't fundies--they are free to believe in brokechris Nov 2012 #10

"Catholics ... are free to believe in science ..."? What about Galileo Galilei and his telescope? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #33

Oddly enough, things change in four hundred years. Posteritatis Nov 2012 #57

All have? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #59

Unfortunately, my Daughter has become one of the 46%. dotymed Nov 2012 #16

He probably knows, he just wants to be politically correct and not upset the teabaggers nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #5

Exactly agentS Nov 2012 #8

If 46% of the country honestly believes this gibberish Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #9

Not a leader. A leader would have courage to stand for science. Doesn't take much courage. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #12

Jesus & the Dinosaurs rizlaplus Nov 2012 #15

That is hilarious Ghost of Tom Joad Nov 2012 #17

I think most politicians are atheists NNN0LHI Nov 2012 #18

Most are sociopathic soulless whores jsr Nov 2012 #23

Oy Vey... Marmitist Nov 2012 #19

Actually several competing hypotheses on the creation (origin) of the universe exboyfil Nov 2012 #76

Rubio is a poopy-head. jerseyjack Nov 2012 #22

I was taught in the synagogue rickyhall Nov 2012 #25

I've said it before, Rubio is a 100% dumbass. tridim Nov 2012 #26

The reason they can get away with this, is because they do alright for themselves Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #27

He's even got the literalist account wrong. GaYellowDawg Nov 2012 #29

My bet is that most members of DU don't KNOW how old the earth is hfojvt Nov 2012 #30

I knew we'd get at least one. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #34

you say it is based on evidence hfojvt Nov 2012 #38

Yes. It is based on evidence. I have seen the evidence. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #39

No you haven't seen the evidence. You've learned the measurement systems used KittyWampus Nov 2012 #41

It is a FACT. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #42

No, it is an assessment using our best tools and methods. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #63

The precise age down to the 4th decimal? Of course, a best assesment. And science is always looking Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #68

I didn't get the impression that the exchange was a debate between Jesus riding dinosaurs TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #71

The person I was arguing with was challenging the basic validity of radiometric dating itself- as a Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #73

first of all hfojvt Nov 2012 #45

Oh for fuck's sake. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #47

not a fan of explicating? hfojvt Nov 2012 #48

I'm not a fan of "debating" creationism, which you certainly seem to be trying to advance. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #49

no the debate is about the age of the earth hfojvt Nov 2012 #50

So you think that all the radiocarbon evidence is.. what.. faked? Inaccurate? Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #51

I am fairly certain that radiocarbon evidence does NOT prove the earth is 4.5 billion years old hfojvt Nov 2012 #52

There is SCIENTIFIC data. That's how old the Earth is. Deal with it. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #53

by "deal with it" you seem to mean hfojvt Nov 2012 #64

I don't care whether you believe it or not. I don't waste my time debating creationists. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #69

My memory may be faulty on this. The 4.54 or so billion years has little or nothing retread Nov 2012 #72

For the record, here is the wikipedia on oldest dated Earth rocks. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #80

You just asked a lengthy string of silly questions and made a useless jsmirman Nov 2012 #54

There's just no fucking point. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #60

What is a silly question? hfojvt Nov 2012 #61

Nobody wants to play your game because you are rejecting science and offering nothing jsmirman Nov 2012 #62

I have not rejected science hfojvt Nov 2012 #65

Congratulations to you jsmirman Nov 2012 #66

For what it is worth hfojvt Nov 2012 #70

Sorry, the person you tried to reach jsmirman Nov 2012 #74

but not too busy to be an a$$hole hfojvt Nov 2012 #75

Dude, my life is more important than an argument you drop in on jsmirman Nov 2012 #78

I have no faith in science Laochtine Nov 2012 #77

Translation: "I don't understand this stuff, so nobody else possibly can." (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #56

bad translation hfojvt Nov 2012 #67

The "jury's still out!" rock Nov 2012 #31

It's 4.53 billion years old, dingbat! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #36

He knows how old the Earth is estimated to be geomon666 Nov 2012 #43

He said why demwing Nov 2012 #44

The jury's still out. He is afraid to study the earth too much. If he goes too far he may retread Nov 2012 #46

So ... the two choices are "7 days" or "7 eras" BlueStreak Nov 2012 #55

why do we care? Puzzledtraveller Nov 2012 #79