ND>  RT> How old is the earth? 
 ND> I believe a few thousand years, 6K to 10K. If you want to  
 ND> debate on this subject, I'd like to take it into another  
 ND> echo. 
 DB> From the standpoint of philosophy, how would you tell the diff if 
 DB> it was created ten minutes ago, just as you see it, with your own 
 DB> mind having the thoughts it has, the rocks in the ground, with 
 DB> all the fossils in the rocks, the books on the shelf, down to 
 DB> the ink in your Bible, ... all just as perfect as God made it? 
I've got to say, that's a convincing argument, and there's no way to 
calculate the cnaces of that being true. I give up! I just think that God 
*did* create us, and give Him the benefit of the doubt. Brains in jars 
theories don't give us any hope or reason for living. Why risk it? I'm 
sticking with God.
Wait a sec. I think I just got placed here. I remember typing those words, 
but did I really? . . .
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