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From: johno@tekchips.UUCP (John Ollis)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: What do Creationists believe
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 13:59:17 EST
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[John Ollis]
> >Is there a consensus of opinion among creationists as to when Creation
> >occurred?  How long Creation took (if time meant anything)?  Why did the
> >Creator do it?
>[Dan Boskovich] 
>     The age of the earth is not agreed upon by all Creationists. Some
>     believe the earth was created about 6 to 10 thousand years ago,
>     some believe 100,000 years, and some say the earth could be millions
>     or billions of years old.
>     This is not the primary issue in Creationism and most creationists
>     will not be dogmatic on it.
>     The length of time for creation would be relative to which view of
>     age one holds.
>     The reason for the creation has got nothing to do with science.(As
>     if you didn't know that)
>     A creationist could easily ask the question: Why did things evolve?
>     But any answer on the part of a scientist would be purely conjecture.

Thank you, Dan.  I will move the third question over to net.religion.
So defensive!  :-)
How much of what we have around us was part of the "initial conditions" after
creation?  There was life, so there must have been air, soil and water.  How
about sedimentary rock?  Were fossils part of the initial conditions, or did
they actually derive from once living creatures?  It would seem that
especially with the "short timers" (<10,000 years) there wouldn't be much
time.
John Ollis
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