02 May 10 08:08, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> Scientists have used computers to look at the way the sky looked
 RW>> during that era, from the way it looks today and computing it
 RW>> backwards. Those two planets wouldn't have been in the right place
 RW>> for them to even be seen as one entity, which is what it would take
 RW>> to make the 'star' bright enough to light the way (according to the
 RW>> biblical account). By the same token, they can also use those
 RW>> computers (and actual earth samples of the area) to compute ancient
 RW>> weather.

 RN> I can believe the latter, but to attempt going back in time using
 RN> computers leaves too many gaps.

Well, they're not going back 13 billion years to the big bang, just 2 or 3
thousand years. The stars and where they are at any one time are very
predictable, going forward or looking back in time.

 RN> Doctor to patient:  "What fits your busy schedule better, excercising
 RN> one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?"

The latter wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't so permanant...

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