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Old 06-05-2007, 07:40 PM   #1
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Default Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus
Draw your own conclusions:

http://www.livescience.com/history/0...n_chicken.html
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Old 06-05-2007, 07:43 PM   #2
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Don't let SU see this. He will go ballistic.
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:08 PM   #3
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Don't let SU see this. He will go ballistic.
??? Is "he" anti-science, ergo anti-reason, logic, truth and evolution?
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??? Is "he" anti-science, ergo anti-reason, logic, truth and evolution?
He will suspect that you are using the article to prove Mormonism true. and then he will have a stroke.
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:16 PM   #5
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He will suspect that you are using the article to prove Mormonism true. and then he will have a stroke.
WHy does this tend to prove mormonism? Hagoth went the other way, didn't he?
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??? Is "he" anti-science, ergo anti-reason, logic, truth and evolution?
Are you trying to be funny?

Mike, why don't you start a forum called "Book of Mormon scientific proofs" where articles about Thor Hyerdal and ancient chicken bones in the Americas and such can be posted.
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Are you trying to be funny?

Mike, why don't you start a forum called "Book of Mormon scientific proofs" where articles about Thor Hyerdal and ancient chicken bones in the Americas and such can be posted.
Seattle, rather than go after Mike for a link to an article that he didn't post, why don't you enlighten us as to why you think that old chicken bones are a bunch of crap?

I know, I know. You have no interest in discussing something that may prove you wrong.
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I don't put a lot of stock into carbon dating. How do they even know that carbon was decomposing at the same rate back then as it does now?
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I don't put a lot of stock into carbon dating. How do they even know that carbon was decomposing at the same rate back then as it does now?
Why wouldn't it?

Furthermore, it has been calibrated many, many times.
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What is the issue with carbon dating?

I know it is reasonably reliable, although some years ago I remember reading something about some issues of reliability. As I understand it, for about 10,000 years on it, it is reasonably reliable, but outside of that, it may not be as reliable.
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