Originally posted by 98Ford2L:
An interesting fact I've heard: the earth rotation is slowing down slowly, and at the rate it's slowing down, if the earth were billions of years old it would have to have been spinning impossibly fast. This isn't necessarily solid proof for anything, but it's something to think about.
-Peter



That doesn't mean anything - if the rotation is indeed slowing down, that doesn't mean it's been changing at the same rate throughout history.


Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Wow. So just because something is useless it means there is no Creator? I guess you could use the same argument for people then too right? I mean, if a bum does not work and does not want to and really does nothing but just sit there all day, there must not be a creator.




The point is that in all likelihood there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of planets that do NOT support life as we know it. Many are too hot. Many are too cold. Most lack oxygen and water.

The fact that one of these planets has the right conditions for us to exist is not proof that there's a Creator, anymore than that the absence of life on other planets is proof that there is not.

This is similar to the argument that proof of god's existance is that the ocean levels are just right. 50 feet higher and millions of New Yorkers and Los Angelinos would be living under water and 50 feet lower, the harbors of the east coast and west coast would be unusable.


"In all likelihood." Thousands, millions? We know of less than 200 planets, and all the ones outside our solar system have been found within the past few years. We know very little about them. Your second paragraph is absolutely correct. The third... I like the sarcasm

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