Carbon Dating of rocks, ancient civilizations and even Dinosaur bones is somewhat problematic for the Christian Religion and assisting in authenticating the Holy Bible, which is said to be the absolute word. Recently in an online think tank exchange a devout Christian stated that; "you know carbon dating is bunk and has been proven to be false."

Indeed, he was not comfortable with what the results were in carbon dating old human fossil remains or even dinosaurs. Interestingly enough, I myself am quite comfortable with the carbon dating and other dating methods. Sometimes I have a hard time trusting all absolutes uttered by the paleontologists-scientists, but many I trust completely.

For instance Richard Leaky, his son and others I have studied, I believe to be correct and I think I would recommend reading the books on the Gobe Desert, UT excavations, Lucy and all the rest and Bill Bryson has something to say about the arguments of the Geological Society of days gone by in Europe.

Even all that said; Evolution we see in our lifetime in Viruses, bacteria, insects (with manipulation), so we know that occurs, as change is the only constant or someone once said. Thus, if it is a debate Evolution VS. Biblical Theory, it is hard for one with scientific knowledge to take a literal approach to all those words in the good book.

Nevertheless, I would never claimed that Evolution; Cataclysmic, survival of the fittest, natural selection or any of the rest has it 100% right, and without better measurement we cannot know all, but the evidence suggests a lot more proof than anything written in the good book. So I hang my hat with the "flying spaghetti monster" creator for the time being unless you can offer more.

Trying to deny the Dinosaurs I know is a real tough one for faith based carbon based bi-pods, but of course one has to deal with the facts eventually. And the explanation that Satan put the Dinosaur Bones there to trick us is about the biggest bunch of malarkey I have ever heard! [opinion-CYA, as not to offend].

Even with that said, I do not trust the world of publish or perish academia or most scientists 100% either, because I have seen way too much abuse recently over the Global Warming scare. Indeed after reading "Lucy" I can tell you I think I want to puke over the way scientists, Indians, politicians, academia and even non-profit museums handle these things and the economic development associations that play it up to increase tourism.

Evolution is not a Philosophy, as some might call it and to that point I suppose next they are going to tell me the Earth is flat and held up by Desert Turtles stacked all the way down like a pyramid? The only decent debate that I have heard from an Evangelical Christian in regards to Creationism is the one which states; Life can occur from non-organic material.

But even to that argument we know that calcium makes up your bones, blood is mostly water and minerals, vibrational energy, lightening and such are just different degrees of power and frequency. Sulfur, heat, gamma rays, heavy metals, water, you know we are all made up of what the Stars are made of anyway and thus the comment that life began from no-life is possible in my opinion. And it is all in how you define what life is, after all one could say the planet is alive with the right definitions.

Of course in all due fairness this debate cannot be won or lost in such a short philosophical argument. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.