Title: Rubio Backtracks: Science Proved ‘Definitively’ Earth Is ‘At Least 4.5 Billion Years Old’ Source:
Rawstory URL Source:http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/ ... t-least-4-5-billion-years-old/ Published:Dec 5, 2012 Author:David Edwards Post Date:2012-12-05 15:44:07 by Brian S Keywords:None Views:10617 Comments:27
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may have damaged his credibility with creationists on Wednesday when he reversed course and declared that science proved “definitively” the the Earth was “at least 4.5 billion years old.”
The Florida Republican had recently suggested to GQ magazine that the Earth could have been “created in 7 days” but he wasn’t sure because “I’m not a scientist, man.”
But in an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen on Wednesday, Rubio said he was just trying to give the same answer that President Barack Obama gave in 2007.
“There is no scientific debate on the age of the earth,” Rubio explained. “I mean, it’s established pretty definitively, it’s at least 4.5 billion years old.”
Rubio added that “there is no conflict” between the Bible and scientist about how the Earth was created.
“I believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And I think that scientific advances have given us insight into when he did it and how he did it, but I still believe God did it,” he insisted. “I just think in America we should have the freedom to teach our children whatever it is we believe. And that means teaching them science, they have to know the science, but also parents have the right to teach them the theology and to reconcile the two things.”
“The more science learns, the more I’m convinced that God is real.”
Televangelist Pat Robertson recently admitted that radiocarbon dating proved that the Earth was older than 6,000 years and Christians shouldn’t “cover it up.”
Many creationists, however, believe that the Earth was created on October 23, 4004 BC. Groups like Answer in Genesis continue to claim that “dinosaurs (land vertebrates) were represented on [Noah's] Ark.”
Watch this video from Politico, broadcast Dec. 5, 2012.
Breaking news: Rubio states definitely he was there when God created the Universe and the Earth and advised God just how to go about doing the creation.
Breaking news: Rubio states definitely he was there when God created the Universe and the Earth and advised God just how to go about doing the creation.
You mean the question about did God lie? That is a completely nonsensical question. It is the kind of question that I don't let nonbelievers draw me into. God cannot lie and therefore doesn't.
Which one? The one revised by old jews a gazillion times to 'suit their cause'.
I'm talking about the Holy Bible that we have. The "old jews" that you mentioned wrote by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Sorry that you believe the Holy Bible is outdated and even totally wrong. But, it is what it is, and that is the word of God to man. If you don't accept it, that is your call, but it isn't a very wise thing to do.
I do believe the Old Testament in all of its verses. If the number of years isn't correct, it isn't far off, certainly not millions of years off.
We have in California a tree that is more than half the age of the earth. Isn't that fantastic?
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
You mean the question about did God lie? That is a completely nonsensical question. It is the kind of question that I don't let nonbelievers draw me into. God cannot lie and therefore doesn't.
But isn't God omnipotent? Wouldn't that mean that he can in fact lie? And how can you know for sure that he doesn't?
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
1Samuel 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
