All you knew about Creationism! Debunked!, page 1
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reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 05:40 AM by jedimiller
Originally posted by Gemwolf
I never, ever get into these, but I couldn't help but smile at your post. Fossils are so much more than just "pretty shaped rocks"...

I'll give only one counter-argument, and it's more than enough, IMO.

Radiocarbon Dating



Gemwolf, So I don't get a star for effort?


Hey man, I know all about carbon dating. We used to do it in my anthropology class. thing is...Rocks have plants and remains in them as well. So yes, you can come up with a date, but I've never actually seen anything to make me believe that they have real bones that date 10,000 years. they all look like shaped rocks made to look pretty.


reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 05:50 AM by Gemwolf
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Keep in mind that fossils aren't really bones.

Fossils are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms.
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Sedimentary rock is rock that has formed from sediment, like sand, mud, small pieces of rocks. Over long periods of time, these small pieces of debris are compressed (squeezed) as they are buried under more and more layers of sediment that piles up on top of it. Eventually, they are compressed into sedimentary rock. The layers that are farther down in the Earth are older than the top layers.

The fossil of a bone doesn't have any bone in it! A fossilized object has the same shape as the original object, but is chemically more like a rock.
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(Bold Mine)

So if you want to be really technical about it: Fossils are "sculptures". They were sculpted by nature (or God if you prefer) and time...


reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 06:03 AM by Gemwolf
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Look at the history of the "Brontosaurus" for instance. (Brontosaurus article. You'll note the confusion - wrong fossil bones fitted together. Why would someone who sculpted a fossil make such a "mistake".

Or the T. Rex which was incorrectly displayed in the musuem for years. (See here). A bit silly, don't you think?


reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 06:31 AM by Solarskye
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Your theory in no way debunks creationism. Gemwolf gave you proof and I would have to say that humans are smart enough to no about archeology and the difference between bones and rocks.


reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 07:30 AM by dave420
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Next to electric aliens, this is one of the most ridiculous "theories" I've ever come across. There's absolutely no evidence that suggests it's real, just the poster's obvious ignorance to what a fossil is, and how fossils are created.
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