Is this a good answer to the rock question?
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the answer is, God wouldnt do anything stupid like this.
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that's a good question
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I didn't see the special but this is the only way I could find to contact you and ask you a question. In your question to "unbelievers about the rapture" do you think it is proper to select as a best answer one by a believer? After all the way you Phrased the question you were searching for negative results. I do not mean this hatefully only as "constructive " criticism, if there is such a thing. You can contact me , if you wish , on my 360 page.
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Why is it that so many Christians are so terribly uninformed about the nature of science?\n\nDo you honestly believe that radio carbon dating is the only dating method used by scientists? Do you know nothing about stratigraphic layering?\n\nVery well.... a basic science lesson...\n\nIf you know about the movement of the earth and the effect water and wind has on wearing away and moving soil to different areas, then you'll understand what such things as sediment are.\n\nThen please take into consideration such things as volcanic eruptions, and the movement of the techtonic plates (which I'm going to assume you understand since it's what causes earthquakes).\n\nWith all of these it's safe to say that older rock is farther down on a rock wall.\n\nNow, when you look at this rock, that means that the newer rock will be on top of the older rock. By looking at the rock, you can safely place the rock into different layers based on the prevaling earth conditions at that time.\n\nSo, animals that die at that time, will fall into that layer of rock. Such as, animals that die this year, will be found in the layer of rock that's laid down this year.\n\nAnimals that died 1000 years ago will be found in the layer of rock that was laid down during that time.\n\nAnd yes, the layering tends to be very noticable. For example... if you had a volcanic eruption at that time, the fallout from the eruption will fall on the earth in that area, creating a discoloration (and obsidian which is created only by volcanos) rock in that time period.\n\nWhat this is called is stratigraphic layering.\n\nSo, stratigraphic layering is one method of determining age.\n\nHowever, it only shows that one fossil is older than another, it doesn't show the exact age of the fossil.\n\nBut there are other methods.\n\nThe one that the Christians seem to fixate on is radio carbon dating (which btw, is reliable to samples in under 60 000 years of age, and within a time period of a few thousand years on either side of the possibile age). \n\nHowever, there are many other methods that are unknown or completely dismissed by Christians.\n\nUranium-thorium dating\nPotassium-argon dating\nargon-argon dating\nFission track dating\nCosmogenic isotope dating\nRubidium-strontium dating\nSamarium-neodymium dating\nRhenium-osmium dating\nLutetium-hafnium dating\nPaleomagnetic dating\nThermo-luminescence dating (quartz exposure to heat)\n\nBut then we add other methods of dating such as\n\nDendrochronology\nIce cores\nLichenometry\nVarves\n\nAnd that only begins to scratch the surface of dating methods used by scientists. All these methods are based on mathmatics and chemistry. Which methods are used depends on whats found in the area and where the sample is found. Such as, something found on the ocean floor will require different dating methods than something found in the mountains.\n\nSo.... we don't know the age and there's no possible way to find out because you're closed mind and uneducated guess says that the only dating method we use is radio carbon dating? I beg to differ.\n\nThere are many many ways to scientifically prove the age of a sample. But you have to be willing to use them instead of dismiss them because "the only thing accurate can be the bible".\n\nYou see, I intended on being a paleontologist for a living and, though I never did finish the degree, I have something of a clue about all this.\n\nThe long and short of it is, religion is wrong and education is the only way to solve that problem. But you have to be willing to become educated. Knowledge is power.\n\nThe fact that you also completely dismiss such things as DNA, x-rays, lasers, etc, shows just how uneducated you are.
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Too long to list:\nhttp://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/bperry/ROCKS.htm\ngood site
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It would help if your question made sense.
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If they were any good, I suppose.  "Rock" has become so battered over the past ten years or so that it's almost lost its meaning.  Even if I don't like it, though, I'll say it's a great way to get noticed.  I've been on AcidPlanet (site for mainly electronic music) for years, and I've had one CD release already.  Post music, advertise, and encourage feedback--good or bad--because you have to break a lot of eggs to make a quiche.  I tell you what, if I like it, I'll even give you some exposure through my little network!  Good luck!
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...Junyong, you sure seem to have a habit of passing all your homework assignment onto us - hoping that we will do it all for you, so that you can simply copy and paste it directly into your worksheets ! \nYou MUST learn to do your homework by yourself, dear - because others will not be around to help you in your final examinations, and you will also be having no first-hand knowledge of what can be found where !\n'Science fiction' is a highly technical field, and the current market rates for even the shortest (but technically correct) piece are around US $ 500/- ! Nobody is going to bother write one for you - in return for the points they get !\n...I'll give you some tips, though : Geology is the science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. So, you could write a tale about a rare piece of rock that a child accidentally finds in their garden - which has an unusual gleam. The child's parents think it must be a semi-precious stone - and take it to be evaluated by a jeweller. He tests it, looks shocked, and secretly phones up the Space Research people. They come, examine it, and look even more shocked : The secret is finally revealed - that it is NOT from our Earth at all - but a unique specimen that must have come from a meteor [speedily flying fragment of rock, which has broken off from some other planet !]. \n...Since they already have samples from the Moon and Mars, the scientists feel certain that this stone is NOT from either - as its constituents are different. \n...Then where is it from ? And how did it fall into the garden of this child's home ? Have any other such pieces been found, or reported ?    \n....The answer comes from the least expected source !....\n...I've given you the outline. Now, be a dear, write the story in your own words, and give it a surprising ENDING - to show how clever and imaginative you really are. \n[On purpose, I've not ended the story !]\n...Best of Luck, dear.
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I'm not sure.\n\nWell, I guess that question did have an answer. \n\nEven if the answer is a simple "I'm not sure", its still an answer. \n\nSo... Ya. every question has an answer, it just might not be as concrete as you want it to be.
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Depends on your wish. If you wish you were holding a rock, it's perfect
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I don't know how to explain why we go in different directions in life, but rocks and minerals were always an interest to me. I love the outdoors, and prospecting. Knowledge of both and enjoying what you do makes it nice in life.
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looking at the answers to this question
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Is this a trick question?
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If there was a worldwide flood, there should be layers of rock that could be determined to be pre-flood, a layer laid down during the flood, and layers that are post-flood. With all the "Creation Scientists" looking for some type of evidence to support their notions that there was a global flood, not one has found anything remotely close to the sequence I stated.
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Answerator rocks.\n\nLounger it is!
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This doesn't really belong in Earth Sciences.  Biology or Botany are more specific categories for questions about living matter.  However, I'm in a good mood because it's Friday.  Check the link.
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They decided that the evidence was inconclusive - it was possible that it was, but it turned out that it was possible that the sample could have been contaminated or compromised at some stage, or that geological or mineral activity could conceivably have created the same features seen - it seems probable that this is the case. \nSo they can't ever decide whether the rock is actually a fossil of Martian life, but they are absolutely certain that it is not PROOF of Martian life - a disappointing but rigorously scientific conclusion.