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You are asking a huge question. There are an infinite number of articles on the subject. Here is a link to dozens. If you want to some interesting reading, you may find it here. http://reformation.edu/scripture-science-stott/stott-intro.htm

Don't forget those geological time charts are theoretical using flawed science. Check this article out. "Toppling the Timescale". http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/45/45_1/CRSQ Summer 08 Reed.pdf

Creationists or bible believers who take Genesis literally would put a young age on the earth. Perhaps 6,000 years. Professor Philip Stott says: Quote Science needs observations to work on, and none covering the critical times and events are available. The best we can hope for is to propose a selection of hypotheses and examine extant data to see how well it fits those hypotheses. We are forced to make many assumptions in our analysis, crucial data is missing and we can never gain anything close to certainty for our conclusions. Data is available concerning the world as it is today. Using what appear to be reasonable assumptions much of this data seems to point to an age of the earth and the universe of the order of thousands of years. Other data seems to point to a far greater age, some to millions, some to thousands of millions of years. Not surprisingly secular humanists esteem the data pointing to great ages very highly, and tend to ignore that pointing to a young age. Creationists tend to place far more emphasis on the data the humanist prefers not to dwell on. Modern secular humanist scientists tend to give the impression that no real scientist believes in creation and its short time scale. However, some of the greatest scientists have been creationists - Isaac Newton, Leonard Euler, James Clerk Maxwell, J.J. Thomson, and Michael Faraday to mention just a few. Many fine scientists today are creationists and hold to a time scale far shorter than that popularly put forward. Unfortunately such a stance is unpopular with the ruling authorities in science, and some good scientists, Robert V. Genty and Richard Sternberg, for example, have been penalized for their stand. It is likely that this unfortunate situation prevents a number of scientists from openly supporting a short time scale. Unquote http://reformation.edu/scripture-science-stott/ages/index.htm

Well you would have to apply the same rigidly in every opinion you present on here then. If there is the slightest error, everything you say would then have to be dismissed as false, correct? I don't think there was really much delving into the details of chemistry in his presentation. There were some references to carbon 14 dating. That was probably about 10 or 15 years ago.

OK I don't know how much he knows about chemistry so would not comment on that. But any errors he has on a peripheral subject as a couple errors in chemistry which he may have made is irrelevant in the whole scheme of things. It is really irrelevant in the whole series of slide presentations which lasted four hours altogether. Plus at least one book he wrote. Gotta run for now. Not finished cutting the grass.

I wouldn't generalize and say "his information is incorrect". That is a generality. I would be cautious. He may not have everything correct. But I wouldn't dismiss everything because someone came up with a few errors in incorrect explanations about something.

That could be. As I said, I don't accept everything he said as accurate. But I do believe he made a lot of valuable information available. I wouldn't dismiss most of what he said. He is a sincere man and is not trying to be deceptive. Nobody is suggesting he is trying to fool anyone.

His website I gave you does not say he is a doctor. I am not sure where the claim that he refers to himself as a doctor came from. His website says nothing about him being a minister. The information about him says the following: Quote Philip Stott Check out Scripture and Science, our extensive online science workshop authored by Mr. Stott. Philip Stott was born in England in 1943. After matriculating at Bridlington Grammar School he studied at Manchester University, where he obtained B.Sc. (with honours) and M. Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering. He lectured at universities in Nigeria and South Africa and carried out research in the analysis of geometrically non-linear structures. He shared the Henry Adams award for outstanding research in 1969. While lecturing at the University of the Witwatersrand he studied Biology. After leaving Wits he joined an engineering consulting firm as associate in charge of computing. His ongoing interest in all aspects of science led to studies in Mathematics and Astronomy with the University of South Africa, and later to four years of part time research with the Applied Mathematics department of the University of the Orange Free State. After many years as a firm atheist he was converted to Christianity in 1976. Following several years of studying the conflicting claims of secular science and scripture he actively entered the Creation/Evolution debate in 1989, while teaching Mathematics and Science at a mission station in Natal. He gave lectures on the science/scripture controversy throughout South Africa and Namibia. In 1992 he was invited to address a conference in Russia and since then he has lectured, addressed conferences and taken part in debates in Eastern and Western Europe, America, Canada and Southern Africa. Venues have included the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), a UNESCO International Conference on the Teaching of Physics and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Philip Stott is married to Margaret (born Lloyd), has two children, Robert and Angela, and two grandchildren, Sean and Julie. He lives in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State, South Africa. Unquote It says nothing about him being a minister. I can't get into a debate about Nitrogen 14 or carbon 14 or the Thorium decay. That is way above me. I don't have any knowledge on them. All I would say is I accept the simple verses in Genesis that God created the world.

I read a good part of the letter in the link you gave. So you searched and found a critique of Philip Stott. That's interesting. I don't expect him to be infallible and don't expect everything he says to be correct. Nobody is. It is a good reminder to examine what a person claims, even scientists or those educated men who have lots of theories. Dr. Stott was an exceptional speaker and presenter on the subject and creation, the Bible, and evolution in my opinion. But I am not knowledgeable on the subject and not one to really judge someone like Prof. Philip Stott. This writer may have some valid points worth considering. But Philip Stott in his four evening of slide presentations did make give some very valuable information. Fortunately I made videos of his four presentations and have them on VHS tapes. I moved last year and am not completely settled yet. I also have his book that is mentioned in that critique, but can't find it at the moment. Probably still packed in some box. I do not necessarily agree with every thing Philip Stott says. I am not sure I believe his claim about the geocentricity, i.e. that the earth is the absolute centre of the universe and that the sun revolves around the earth. That would be difficult to prove I think. But if you take two steel balls of different sizes, say one is 1 LB and the other is 100 LB and tie them together with a cord and throw them into outer space. What will happen? They will of course revolve around each other, even if not uniformly. So it might depend on one's perspective or point of view. Which one is revolving around which one? It's all relative.

Unfortunately, yes. Seems to be the way it works. Now the voters have thrown some Greens into the mix, giving it an even worse influence.

If you are serious about finding the answers, I would suggest joining a Bible study group or investigating whether there is an internet-based Bible study. You are incorrect in your assumptions. God does have a plan for the world. That is one of the messages of the Bible. The plan is knowable and God is personally knowable. But it is up to you to make a move to find out as well.

The correct Philip Stott is on this link: http://reformation.edu/scripture-science-stott/stott-intro.htm

Do you still believe the Philp Stott in that link is the same one? That one is a totally different person. Maybe a scientist. He died in 2004. Not the same. Compare them with the one on the Scripture and Science website. Gotta run finally.

Getting off topic. I gotta run anyway. We can carry on at another time perhaps. Check out his website. I must have a good look at it myself. Good night.

His website is called Scripture and Science. He speaks as a knowledgeable scientist on the subject of Scripture and Science. He could probably answer a lot of you questions.

No, he is not a minister. He is involved in a christian ministry organization, but he is a scientist or mathematician. He was educated in mathematics, not as a minister.

NO he is not the same guy you gave your first link to. There is another Philip Stott who passed away in 2004. Anyone you found the correct on now.

He is a scientist, not a church minister. And yes, he is from South Africa. http://reformation.edu/scripture-science-stott/stott-intro.htm

OK. Here is a link for the website for Professor Philip Stott that I am talking about. He is a different person than the one you looked at. I saw the picture of your man and he is not the one. http://reformation.edu/scripture-science-stott/stott-intro.htm

No I just looked at your link. That's not him at all. Just a second. I will see if I can find him.

That's what I was saying. That is not the Philip Stott I am talking about. The one you looked up died in 2004. The Philip Stott I am talking about is still alive and I met him at his second visit and series of lectures long after 2004.

There is more than one Philip Stott on google. The one I heard was a professor from South Africa. Think he was born in England. He has taught mathematics in university I believe. He has traveled around the world attending conferences and such on evolution and lectured on the subject. He has written at least one book on related topics. He is a very knowledgeable speaker. Yes, I believe he has a degree or degrees, most likely in mathematics.

Professor Stott was a mathematician himself. He believes in mathematics. He has no problem with true science. He just doesn't agree with things like the theory of evolution which are unproven by the scientific method.

This is where you are misunderstanding what I believe. I never said I don't believe Physics, chemistry and mathematics. I do believe in the conventional teachings about them. They do not conflict with the long earth age beliefs. Mathematics, chemistry, and physics is based on certain laws and principles which I would agree with.

Well yes, anything that claims the age of something in the universe was long, i.e. millions or billions of years, would not be in agreement with biblical creation. I would have to disagree with long ages of things.