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Some call me crazy but I don't think the earth is billions of years old. If it were, wouldn't we have larger populations.
Advances in technology have led to lower mortality rates, which have lead to longer lifespans. In the future 50+ years we will see a population explosion. In the past we didn't have adequate means of disposing of sewage, proper sanitiation, adequate vaccination and medical technology. These things would have created a larger population. Humans with an average lifespan of 45 years cannot create a large population. Think exponentially, a average lifespan with a differential of one year can change a predicted population signifigantly.
I couldn't help it... ..but, Occams Razor, "Of two competing theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred"
So we say, umm, a supernatural being created our planet. While doing so, that being left fossil remains and radioactive carbon molecules that we can date with our advanced technology, leading us to beleive that our earth is 4.3 billion years old. When in fact it is just 10,000 years old. This being did so just to fool us. Whereas the one's with faith that the earth was created in this way are the only ones who hold the truth, they have privelidged information... ...and when they die, they will go to a place that is wonderful and they will be forgiven of all their sins.
OR
The earth is really 4.3 billion years old and we are just forms of life that exist at this given moment in time.
Anyone? Thoughts?
-SF