Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological bias

Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by xupybd on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:17AM (#17816721)

Thanks for your response.

Just to clarify on this point >A Young Earth Creationist believes that God planted those Dinosaur bones, planted the Uranium, and planted the Carbon14 in the ground to trick archeologists, paleontologists, geologists, and physicists.

That was not my understanding, I thought the argument was that God created an old universe. Just as He created Adam an adult male and as he turned water into an aged wine. Is that not a possibility without any requirement for deception?

I don't see the lack of consistency in that reasoning?

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Re:Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological ... by dragontamer on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:12AM (#17818779)

> God created an old universe

That's not an issue at all. "Old Earth Creationism" seems compatible with mainstream science. I don't have much issue with Old Earth Creationists.

"Young Earth Creationism", which a number of people believe in, suggests that God Created the Earth in roughly 4000BC to 6000BC, in exactly 7 days.

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