true, because biblical creation is a fairy tale. and
that's still only 7000 years, and creation of adam & eve ex nihilo -- - you're using the bible to prove the bible, a common fallacy. FACTS show the earth to be billions of years old, with life evolving over hundreds of millions of years

now, if you want to say that the bible story is an allegory for millions of years of evolution, I'd have no argument and this is in fact what mainline religions say. it's only literalist fundamentalist who cant accept the FACT of evolution

We don't have to be taken for a ride as long we stay rational (as photographers usually do) and - as long as the demagogs are not in power?
For them the Earth will stay flat ...
So, Adam and Eve were using dinosaurus to plow their Garden of Eden 6000 years ago.
So be it.

Although at least some education might help?

On the other hand, as we can see now, with so many law suits in our government, the things are getting better and there is finally some REALITY in sight - when religion and politics are kept separate from the science.
To mix the religion and the politics creates a radical terrorism we have experienced in recent years.
Even our home grown radical individuals who killed many people seemed to show suffering from this religion - politics mixture.
Fanaticism puts us back to Stone Age.

Thank you Jerry for bringing up this interesting subject!

No. Please don't deflect.

As I wrote in my post, the odds of finding human fossils is very unlikely. Most fossils are found in areas which were flooded at one time, instantly buried, or buried by other hominids. When bones lie out in the open, they're likely carried off, wind blown, or buried in subsequent movement of earth.

You're too far stuck on Creationism to have an open mind about evolution.

Creationism requires a belief in sky hooks; that is that some omnipotent being created man as he exists today, and that everything else was filled in from the top down. There is DNA evidence that chimpanzees and humans descended from a common ancestor. DNA between both species has 96% in common.

Evolution happens, in some instances, very quickly. When people are treated for cancer, they're often treated with chemical and radio therapies. Ever wonder why? The DNA in cancer cells mutates when threatened by the radiation and drugs. That's evolution at its most basic. Bacteria are the same. It's one reason why antibiotics lose their effectiveness relatively quickly. DNA mutates to survive and pass along its traits.

Evolution starts from the ground up. It's exactly the same way buildings are constructed and roads are built.

The vast weight of scientific evidence points to evolution. It's up to the Creationists to prove the factual existence of a "god", not relying on an article(s) of faith.

I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - "Beyond the Curve." It was about the growing popularity of the flat earth movement. It was disappointing. I expected members to offer their "proof." The only thing they did in terms of proof was saying something vague about planes flying in the southern hemisphere and being able to see buildings in the distance. Actually, I'm surprised they used the term "hemisphere."

They did put a lot of emphasis on two scientific experiments, one using a $20,000 gyroscope and the other using lasers over a distance of several miles. These two experiments were going to prove that the earth was flat. The gyro experiment didn't turn out the way they wanted, so they tried it two more times in different ways. Now they are planning to try something else with the gyroscope. It was the same with the laser experiment. When they didn't get the result they wanted, they said they would have to try it a different way. So, if you want your calculator to say that 1 + 1 = 3, modify your calculator.

What's scary about this group is that they reject facts. As more people accept the idea that the earth is flat, there will be more people willing to reject facts and believe conspiracy theories. Supposedly, NASA and all the governments of the world are involved in a conspiracy to maintain the idea of an earth shaped like a ball. This great lie has been maintained for hundreds of years. A reporter asked their "king" why they couldn't just travel to the edge of the world. He said they are getting funding to do just that.

Their king said that doing a search on Google used to bring up 50,000 items. Now, you get 90 million. Stupidity, gullibility, and rejection of facts are dangerous characteristics of a population. For example, we didn't really land on the moon, lizard people are ruling us, the government is holding aliens at Area 51, there is a secret alien base on the dark side of the moon, chemtrails are poisoning us, the shooting at the Sandy Hook school never happened.