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This thread is turning out to be quite a bit of fun.

FWIW, science has gone beyond carbon dating as it cannot always be applied accurately. Don't ask me for the details, I seem to have run out of brain cells to store this type of stuff.

I don't see that the belief in evolution and the belief in god need to be mutually exclusive.

Exlabdude, I actually enjoy discussion with people that don't agree with me. It forces me to take a closer look at the things I believe to be true. Occasionally it leads to new knowledge (or even cool videos of pyroclastic flows).

Establishing a baseline of scientific knowledge based on belief in a single scientific principle strikes me as a little contrived. Belief (and scientific understanding are) a little more nuanced than that.

[For arguments sake], it strikes me that if god had created a simple system (evolution) that has such complex and beautiful results it would be far more than impressive than creating the whole thing in 7 days and then that's the end of the story.