Re: Need some assistance


"Daryl Krupa" <icycalmca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jun 28, 11:31 am, "Feather Forestwalker" <feat...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I need information from either side of
the ongoing (over 100 year) debate

. . .my pastor has put me on the trail of some articles relating to the
study of Deep Time.

His old school buddy, recently found, is a scientist at an extremely
well-accredited University here in the states. He is a geologic
evolutionist
and is asking my pastor to intelligently debate the topic of Deep Time
(ancient planet theory) vs. Creationism, (younger planet theory).

We are looking for links to articles - I have Googled some. I am not
seeking
debate on the subject; merely information from various locations which
would
support the theory as well as debunk it, without heated debate, anger or
name-calling. Just a good few articles on the subjects from both sides.

Thanks in advance; I will be checking back regularly.

Feather:
Here's one:

http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~anoop/weblog/archives/000218.html

Read this book now:

Stephen Jay Gould
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle (1987)

An excerpt from Gould's very-readable short book:

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/gould/

A review by a scientist I respect, Alwynne B. Beaudoin:

Gould, Stephen Jay 1987
Time's Arrow, Time's Circle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of
Geological Time. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts. 222 pp.
Text of a lecture series dealing with varying concepts of time in
geological thought, mainly through the writings of some influential
thinkers, Burnett (who I hadn't heard of before), Hutton, particularly
as interpreted by Playfair, and Lyell. This is basically a history of
science text. Examining the two concepts of time - as a continuous
uinchanging cycle, or as a linear series of events, embodying
direction and also the concept of progress - and their ultimate
resolution. Interesting, if overly abstract at times. (07/07/1988)

Somebody's already done your homework, in that regard:

http://www.academon.com/lib/paper/12605.html

I do not consider Creationism to be in conflict with a concept of
geological time. Unless, of course, you mean the narrow interpretation
of Creationism espoused by half-educated egotists from the central
part of North America; then I would see a conflict, but not one worth
debating. .

- Daryl Krupa

Thanks for your input






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