afdave
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Ved... | Quote | | Who are the eyewitnesses, specifically? If an eyewitness' name and actual quotation aren't preserved, do you still have an "eyewitness account"? |
They were preserved. They are Adam, Noah, the Sons of Noah, Shem, Terah, Ishmael & Isaac, and Esau & Jacob. For example, Noah's account goes from Genesis 5:3 - 6:9a, concluding with the phrase "these are the generations of Noah." Note that there is no name given in the first section which concludes with "these are the generations of the heaven and the earth" in Genesis 2:4a. This makes sense when you realize that there was no human eyewitness alive yet to witness the acts of creation. Note that it was probably Moses who inserted the names at the end of the proper section as he compiled these tablet records into one volume probably written on vellum. See my blog at airdave.blogspot.com and the article referenced at the end of my blog article for more info.
Eric... | Quote | | That's not what you asked, Dave, and you know it. You asked how it was derived, not why anyone believes the evidence. |
Yeah, how IS it derived? Not "Here, Dave, here's what this textbook says." Not "all these hundreds of experts had a bunch of meetings over the last 50 years and this is what they think."
I want to know HOW it was derived. I want to know stuff like "Well, we have 1.5% sequence difference and we know that neutral mutation changes at the rate of 10 bazillion nucleotides per year so you multiply blah blah blah X blah blah and presto! you get 5 million years." Or "Well, we have these fossils here and they look more like apes, but then we have these fossils here and they look a little more like humans, and when you measure the blah blah blah and subtract out the blah blah blah, then take the square root of blah blah blah, presto! you get 5 million years."
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A Hi-tech alien rotary motor found in a cell ... NOT DESIGNED.
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