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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496145</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 20:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yeah, but then, what did he say after that?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, but then, what did he say after that?</p>
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		By: johnl		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496144</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 15:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Augustine of Hippo wrote:

&quot;It not infrequently happens that something about the earth, about the sky, about other elements of this world, about the motion and rotation or even the magnitude and distances of the stars, about definite eclipses of the sun and moon, about the passage of years and seasons, about the nature of animals, of fruits, of stones, and of other such things, may be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a Christian. It is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he [the non-Christian] should hear a Christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with Christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. In view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of Genesis, I have, insofar as I was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm rashly some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation&quot; (The Literal Interpretation of Genesis 1:19–20 [A.D. 408]). 


Nuff said]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Augustine of Hippo wrote:</p>
<p>&#8220;It not infrequently happens that something about the earth, about the sky, about other elements of this world, about the motion and rotation or even the magnitude and distances of the stars, about definite eclipses of the sun and moon, about the passage of years and seasons, about the nature of animals, of fruits, of stones, and of other such things, may be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a Christian. It is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he [the non-Christian] should hear a Christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with Christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. In view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of Genesis, I have, insofar as I was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm rashly some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation&#8221; (The Literal Interpretation of Genesis 1:19–20 [A.D. 408]). </p>
<p>Nuff said</p>
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		By: Wow		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496143</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. &quot;

You DO realise you&#039;ve just proven I&#039;m god, right?

After all, look out the window. See all that stuff? Could it have made itself in all its perfection? I MADE IT ALL. That&#039;s why it looks designed to all fit together! I made it!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. &#8221;</p>
<p>You DO realise you&#8217;ve just proven I&#8217;m god, right?</p>
<p>After all, look out the window. See all that stuff? Could it have made itself in all its perfection? I MADE IT ALL. That&#8217;s why it looks designed to all fit together! I made it!</p>
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		By: Wow		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496142</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Please don&#039;t.

99+% of christians are slapping their foreheads at your idiocy.

1) There&#039;s no evidence other than hearsay from an event nobody was at, where even the record of the telling of the story of the event is itself an event nobody in recorded history has ever been at and admitted it.

2) The evidence for an earth billions of years old is gargantuan, so much so that there are only a very few denominations of christianity that have as a part of their faith that this evidence is wrong.

So, please, for the sake of the majority of christians, stop being such a dumbass in public. You&#039;re shaming them for using the word &quot;Christian&quot; to describe themselves.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>99+% of christians are slapping their foreheads at your idiocy.</p>
<p>1) There&#8217;s no evidence other than hearsay from an event nobody was at, where even the record of the telling of the story of the event is itself an event nobody in recorded history has ever been at and admitted it.</p>
<p>2) The evidence for an earth billions of years old is gargantuan, so much so that there are only a very few denominations of christianity that have as a part of their faith that this evidence is wrong.</p>
<p>So, please, for the sake of the majority of christians, stop being such a dumbass in public. You&#8217;re shaming them for using the word &#8220;Christian&#8221; to describe themselves.</p>
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		By: TheChristian		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496141</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Genesis 1New International Version (NIV)

The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Genesis 1New International Version (NIV)</p>
<p>The Beginning<br />
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</p>
<p>3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.</p>
<p>6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.</p>
<p>9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.</p>
<p>11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.</p>
<p>14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.</p>
<p>20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.</p>
<p>24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.</p>
<p>26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”</p>
<p>27 So God created mankind in his own image,<br />
    in the image of God he created them;<br />
    male and female he created them.<br />
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”</p>
<p>29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.</p>
<p>31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.</p>
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		By: TheChristian		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496140</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is so much evidence that the world is only thousands of years old. Ex) Scientists have found dinosaur fossils with living tissue in them. If the Earth was billions of years old, don&#039;t you think that those fossils would be completely dried up? Of course. And God definitely created the world. Think of all the systems in everything all the very fine details. How a plant can use water and sunlight to makes its own food to sustain itself. Of all the working systems in our body. Our complex brains and how they work. How the moon has its different phases throughout the year. How a starfish can regrow its limbs. How the seasons change and the weather is different. The trees change their leaves colors. And so much more. Something random could NOT have just, happened. Someone had to create everything: God. Plain and simple.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is so much evidence that the world is only thousands of years old. Ex) Scientists have found dinosaur fossils with living tissue in them. If the Earth was billions of years old, don&#8217;t you think that those fossils would be completely dried up? Of course. And God definitely created the world. Think of all the systems in everything all the very fine details. How a plant can use water and sunlight to makes its own food to sustain itself. Of all the working systems in our body. Our complex brains and how they work. How the moon has its different phases throughout the year. How a starfish can regrow its limbs. How the seasons change and the weather is different. The trees change their leaves colors. And so much more. Something random could NOT have just, happened. Someone had to create everything: God. Plain and simple.</p>
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		By: Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The &#039;I&#039;m Not A Scientist&#039; Dodge On Climate Change &#124; Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The &#039;I&#039;m Not A Scientist&#039; Dodge On Climate Change &#124; Social Dashboard		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Earth, saying, &#034;I&#039;m not a scientist, man.&#034; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#039;s age as 4.54 billion years.) In September, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) sidestepped a question on evolution by saying, &#034;The [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Earth, saying, &quot;I&#039;m not a scientist, man.&quot; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#039;s age as 4.54 billion years.) In September, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) sidestepped a question on evolution by saying, &quot;The [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The &#8216;I&#8217;m Not A Scientist&#8217; Dodge On Climate Change &#124; News		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The &#8216;I&#8217;m Not A Scientist&#8217; Dodge On Climate Change &#124; News]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] In 2012, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) refused to take a position on the age of the planet Earth, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m not a scientist, man.&#8221; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#8217;s age as 4.54 billion years.) [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] In 2012, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) refused to take a position on the age of the planet Earth, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m not a scientist, man.&#8221; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#8217;s age as 4.54 billion years.) [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The 'I'm Not A Scientist' Dodge On Climate Change		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Pulls Out The 'I'm Not A Scientist' Dodge On Climate Change]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] In 2012, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) refused to take a position on the age of the planet Earth, saying, &#034;I&#039;m not a scientist, man.&#034; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#039;s age as 4.54 billion years.) [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] In 2012, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) refused to take a position on the age of the planet Earth, saying, &quot;I&#039;m not a scientist, man.&quot; (Scientists have long estimated the planet&#039;s age as 4.54 billion years.) [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Wednesday Morning News Roundup		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/19/how-old-is-the-earth/#comment-496136</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wednesday Morning News Roundup]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] thinks that he would commit some sort of religious faux pas by stating that the earth is at least 4.5 billion years old. This underscores the stupidity of our political system. We&#8217;ve got to do better. We deserve [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] thinks that he would commit some sort of religious faux pas by stating that the earth is at least 4.5 billion years old. This underscores the stupidity of our political system. We&#8217;ve got to do better. We deserve [&#8230;]</p>
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