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What if you reached your prime, let’s say around 33, and someone told you that you look old? It wouldn’t exactly make you feel great. Even if you’re totally confident in who you are, and in your appearance, you don’t wanna look old before your time. And I bet mother Earth doesn’t like all this talk about her ancient age either. I mean, c’mon man…show a little sensitivity.Because mother Earth’s so-called “ancient age” is based on bad timing.
And all it takes to make Earth seem really old is to just pile on more years. And that’s easy. Just use bad clocks. And measure wrong.
I used to be a full-time finish carpenter. And I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “Measure twice, cut once.” But, hidden in that saying, is the implication that you’ll use an accurate tape measure. Or some other form of measurement. Because if the device ain’t accurate, the measurement won’t be either. Once, twice, or more.
So, if scientists are gonna theorize the age of the Earth, they should use accurate measurements. And not the slow clocking data they’ve used for too long (pun slightly intended).
For examples…coral reefs and stalactites and stalagmites.
People, who call themselves unbiased scientists, say coral reefs and stalactites and stalagmites take hundreds of thousands of years to form. So, Earth must be old. But, as it turns out, other scientists have discovered that, under favorable growth conditions, they can form in 3400 years or less.
But you won’t hear many of those unbiased scientists sharing that new information. Because it all points to a young planet. Don’t they care how happy mother Earth would be to hear the news?
No. Not so much. Because a young Earth couldn’t have just exploded into existence. And life couldn’t have evolved in such a short time. They know that. And they also know that young Earth data points to what they consider to be the silly notion of creation. And, of course, creation implies a Creator.
Uh-oh! Now we’ve gone off the deep end.
“Next thing you’ll be tellin’ us is that God created everything literally in 7 days.”
Actually, no. He created everything in a literal 6 days. But you were close.
And much closer than your miscounted millions of years.
In awe of all creation and how it all could be
The fairy tale illusions increase with every year.
The wrinkled plans expand”exponentially”
Until one day, perhaps, a duck becomes a deer”yeah, right.
(from the song “Fast Forward”)
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