excerpt:"One of AIG’s (a fundamentalist organization known as "Answers in Genesis") most important arguments is that the Earth and the universe are both only 6,000 years old. This age was arrived at using the chronology given in the Bible. According to recent creationism, the creation story in Genesis is to be taken literally. Thus, God… Continue reading Young Earth vs Scientific age calculations of the Universe
Month: June 2022
Assumptions – 1
So, in the 1980's, I was studying earth history in university. As i was raised in a literalist Christian setting, it became quickly obvious to me, how there were two positions on the age of the earth. My upbringing said "the Bible says the earth is 6000 to 7000 years old, because the bible says… Continue reading Assumptions – 1
History of Glaciation in Southern Saskatchewan
excerpt:"Today, much of the present landscape of Saskatchewan owes its origin to glacial erosion and Glacial Deposition of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The effects of this glacier can be conveniently separated between the north and south of the province using the edge of the Precambrian Shield as a boundary. The hard exposed bedrock of the… Continue reading History of Glaciation in Southern Saskatchewan
Mid-Ocean Ridges: Magnetics & Polarity How Fast is the Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading?
Bernard Shaw – The Four Desires …. and a rebuttal
(The rebuttal first) The fact is that, in the beginning, we all have an inner being (one person), and "everything out there". Our awareness makes an artificial distinction of an inner world ("I") from an outer world (Everything else.... society etc). If our inner being gets fixated and caught up in our status in society… Continue reading Bernard Shaw – The Four Desires …. and a rebuttal
Chinese Immigrants in the B.C. Gold Rush
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/early-chinese-canadian-gold-miners-130000047.htmlThere was a large and prosperous Chinese community in Barkerville, B.C., a center in the 1860's. Early Chinese Canadian gold miners remembered for their contribution to B.C.'s Cariboo communities excerpt:"The Cariboo Gold Rush from 1861 to 1867 attracted thousands of prospectors from other parts of Canada, Britain, the United States, Latin America and China. The Royal B.C.… Continue reading Chinese Immigrants in the B.C. Gold Rush
Reality is Dharma 