'Dream Team' Agrees Huge Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs

[buckethead]

I don't recall dinosaurs eating man, but that doesn't prevent a little fun in a silly thread, does it?

[Jason]

I didn't really mean to pull this topic off into another religious battle but, to me, the Bible leaves out a LOT about the distant past simply because man wasn't around to write about it.  I still believe that God is the sole creator of all that we see but I feel that what is outlined in Genesis is only the short version as it applies to mankind.  That previous six days of creation could have easily been billions of years in our own perception.

[Ocklawaha]

This is the scientific consensus, but what is the religious consensus?  Are you trying to tell me the earth is older that what the Bible says?

How old does the Bible say it is?

I guess I just inferred the seven day thing.  If man was made on the seventh day, then the first day had to be the earth.  I don't remember reading about giant maneating reptiles in the bible.

Wow, I always thought they all died in a freak boating accident...

As for the 7 "days" in the Bible, you'll do well to remember that time is a man made concept. In the world of God and advanced science there really is no time.  As humans we see life as if watching a parade pass by, one float at a time, we don't recall the beginning and can't see the end.  God, as an ET, would see that same parade as if from the air, beginning, end, or middle, without regards to our "time" limitations.

So what is time? If a tree falls in the forest...  What is the sound of one hand clapping? If you think you heard a flower, it's a flower that you heard.


OCKLAWAHA

[JaxNative68]

I didn't really mean to pull this topic off into another religious battle but, to me, the Bible leaves out a LOT about the distant past simply because man wasn't around to write about it.  I still believe that God is the sole creator of all that we see but I feel that what is outlined in Genesis is only the short version as it applies to mankind.  That previous six days of creation could have easily been billions of years in our own perception.

kind of like a new york minute . . . but now we have something even faster, a god's year

[buckethead]

Prior to the existence of Earth, how long was a year?

[JaxNative68]

This is the scientific consensus, but what is the religious consensus?  Are you trying to tell me the earth is older that what the Bible says?

How old does the Bible say it is?

I guess I just inferred the seven day thing.  If man was made on the seventh day, then the first day had to be the earth.  I don't remember reading about giant maneating reptiles in the bible.

Wow, I always thought they all died in a freak boating accident...

As for the 7 "days" in the Bible, you'll do well to remember that time is a man made concept. In the world of God and advanced science there really is no time.  As humans we see life as if watching a parade pass by, one float at a time, we don't recall the beginning and can't see the end.  God, as an ET, would see that same parade as if from the air, beginning, end, or middle, without regards to our "time" limitations.

So what is time? If a tree falls in the forest...  What is the sound of one hand clapping? If you think you heard a flower, it's a flower that you heard.


OCKLAWAHA

they did all die in a boating accident!  they were in a tow boat behind Noah, the flood waters were coming up to fast and he had to cut them loose to stay afloat.

[JaxNative68]

Prior to the existence of Earth, how long was a year?

this reminds me of my high school psychology teacher, he used to have his classroom clock covered with a "time is an illusion" banner.

[buckethead]

When I was young and full of grace
And spirited - a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor not to tell

I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
Explain the change, the difference between
What you want and what you need, there's the key,
Your adventure for today, what do you do
Between the horns of the day?


I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

When I was young and give and take
And foolish said my fool awake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true
Think of others, the others think of you
Silly rule golden words make, practice, practice makes perfect,
Perfect is a fault, and fault lines change

I believe my humor's wearing thin
And change is what I believe in
I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

When I was young and full of grace
As spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
I believe in example
I believe my throat hurts
Example is the checker to the key

I believe my humor's wearing thin
And I believe the poles are shifting

[Sportmotor]

^ the moon will get us before global warming does

The moon is actually moving further away from the earth, not towards it so I doubt the moon will get us at all.

[Jason]

Prior to the existence of Earth, how long was a year?

In relation to what?  A year is the time it takes fot the Earth to revolve around the sun.  Years are different on each planet.  On Mercury or Venus we would be much older but on Mars we would be much younger. 

[buckethead]

 I used a rhetorical question to make the same point you just illustrated.

Before any planetary system was in place, there was no such means of quantifying the passage of time.

Certain theories state that time is in fact an abstract, and all moments in time exist at once.

For evidenciary support click here

[Jason]

Ahhh, I gotcha.

[Dog Walker]

The arrow of entropy says that time does exist and that it has a direction.

[Jason]

^ I definitely agree with that one.  Still not sold on the whole "multiple parallel universe" thing.

Just as distance is measured many different ways, so is time.  Distance is still distance and time is still time.  Neither can be realisitcally measured in a negative direction.

[Doctor_K]

Just as distance is measured many different ways, so is time.  Distance is still distance and time is still time.  Neither can be realisitcally measured in a negative direction.

Unless you crank the DeLorean up to 88 mph, of course!

The article pretty much already supports the leading theory of dinosaur mass-extinction.  Nice to know all those archaeologists and paleontologists have labored so long for a good reason.  Wonder what they'll find next?