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"humans began to make stone tools about 3 million years ago" is just as accepted as "male and female he created them". I wonder if others read this text the sa

• klyrs 3y ago
  I accept the first statement as an indication that we have reasonably strong evidence that human-ish (that is, genus homo) primates were using tools that had been fabricated, not just found; and that such fossils have been dated back to 3 million years ago, give or take. The second statement comes with no evidence, no proof, no error bars. And the interpretation of the Bible as literal truth is an invention of the 18th century. So no, the two statements are not "just as accepted."
  • pizzafeelsright 3y ago
    The papers written by whom and for how long? Did this research of a multi-million year old world and evidence exist prior to the 18th century?
    • klyrs 3y ago
      > The papers written by whom and for how long? There are dozens of references to be found [1] if you're interested in reading more. But I'm not sure what you mean by "for how long." > Did this research of a multi-million year old world and evidence exist prior to the 18th century? Yes, people located multi-million year old dinosaur fossils prior to the 18th century. They didn't have enough evidence at the time to recognize the implications of what they were finding, nor the extensive chronological dating technologies[2] that we have today. But I think you're mistaking my point about the 18th century: if the authors of the Bible did not believe it to be the literal truth, why should anybody else? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldowan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldowan [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_dating