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Chatterbox: Down to Earth

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Boy am I glad the Chatterbox is finally open! I have been checking every day since the beginning of June. Which is why I am wondering, if the Chatterbox only opened today, why on earth are there multiple posts from June 18th and 19th? Anyway, about the Creation/Evolution debate, I am a creationist. But unlike Piccadilly M. and Megan C. and Victoria and Mary A., from the Jan. 05 and Feb. 06 and December 05 issues, I believe that God created the world in six literal days. There is absolutely no need to compromise the Genesis record with Evolutionary rubbish. It doesn't work. Apple trees were created before jellyfish, birds were created before dinosaurs, and all plants were created before the sun! It must have been six literal days or the plants would never have survived. To Telly K. (September 2006): I want to know exactly what studies have shown that the earth is 4.6 billion years old because I'll bet they are false. Secondly, the only reason people think the fossil record is that old is because scientists who use unreliable testing methods say so. And the time line is completely made up and not at all based on fossil depth. It is people arranging the fossils into a convenient order. Also, the third point in her letter is fairly weak. If you believe in creation, then it is easy to see that the moth was created with an 11 inch proboscis to be able to feed out of the particular flower. Lastly, viruses were created to mutate and so survive.  

submitted by Emily L., age 13, Washington
(July 29, 2008 - 6:30 pm)

Wow. Dinos into Birds in the MOST well documented change.

submitted by The Man For Aeiou, age 12, Museica
(August 7, 2008 - 8:05 pm)

If you want to see more about the transition check out National Geographic.  A couple months ago they had a neat article!

submitted by Wendy C., age 15, Ohio
(August 9, 2008 - 10:50 pm)

Actually most scientists now think that dinosaurs may have had feathers.  The scale thing was just a guess as to how the reptile-like creatures MAY have looked.

submitted by Wendy C., age 15, Ohio
(August 13, 2008 - 9:36 pm)

Couldn't they have had fur?  I don't think they really fit into any of our modern-day groupings.

submitted by Hannah R., age 13, New York
(August 14, 2008 - 10:42 am)

I agree with TMFA.  The first chicken came out of an egg that evolved from the first birds that evolved from dinosaurs.

submitted by Hannah R., age 13, New York
(August 14, 2008 - 10:44 am)

I aggree.

submitted by Meadow, age 11, IL
(March 9, 2009 - 10:22 am)

I aggree so much.

submitted by Meadow, age 11, IL
(March 9, 2009 - 10:20 am)

Emily what is your religous preference?

If you want to know mine it's Catholic.

submitted by KatieHope, age 11, Colorado
(August 6, 2008 - 10:29 am)

I'm an Evangelical Christian. But I think that discussion belongs on another post.

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(August 6, 2008 - 7:40 pm)

I am a creationist, or rather, a Christian. For me, part of being a Christian means believing EVERYTHING the Bible says is true, and that includes the part about the world being created in six days. This should probably be in the Blab About Books section, but if you want to read a really great book presenting both sides of the Creationist/Evolution debate look for Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Dr. Carl Werner. (I'm homeschooled, and that was in my science curriculum last year.)

submitted by Hannah M., age 12, Ohio
(August 7, 2008 - 9:12 am)

So you also belive that the earth goes around the sun? And that Snakes could talk?

submitted by The Man For Aeiou, age 12, Museica
(August 7, 2008 - 8:06 pm)

You don't beleive the earth goes around the sun???

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(August 9, 2008 - 3:36 pm)

I KNEW I was going to make a mistake in one of these posts.

The bible says the sun goes around the earth. do you belive that? 

submitted by The Man For Aeiou, age 12, Museica
(August 10, 2008 - 10:16 pm)

The people of that day and age did not know that the earth goes around the sun. Anyway, It looks like the sun goes around the earth doesn't it? The Israelites would have been uttlerly confused if they had been told that the Earth goes around the Sun. Besides that, even though we know that the earth is turning, we still call it sunrise and sunset. It's like when the Bible says to spread the gospel to the four corners of the Earth. We all know the earth doesn't have four corners, but it's a figure of speech meaning everywhere. Unfortunately, it led people to believe for centuries that the world was flat.

submitted by Emily L., age 13, WA
(August 11, 2008 - 1:35 pm)

Now then, take it one step more. if people of the day didn't know about evolution, wouldn't they have made up something to explain life on earth, A.K.A. Creation.

submitted by The Man For Aeiou, age 12, Museica
(August 11, 2008 - 6:15 pm)