The quote wasn't by a scientist or anything, not a professional. He's a musician. But scientifically speaking he was correct, the oldest human we have ever found (Lucy) was about 3 million years old. I don't see why it's not a good argument, as it is backed up by evidence. I included the quote because it was just basically summing up my question relating to before jesus was around and life before anyone believed in god. I agree with his view and had the same question he posed.
I think scientific proof is more credible than the bible, which is just one book. Scientific evidence is based on research by some of the greatest minds. It is backed up by solid proof. It is logical and makes sense.
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The oldest rocks which have been found so far (on the Earth) date to about 3.8 to 3.9 billion years ago (by several radiometric dating methods). Some of these rocks are sedimentary, and include minerals which are themselves as old as 4.1 to 4.2 billion years. Rocks of this age are relatively rare, however rocks that are at least 3.5 billion years in age have been found on North America, Greenland, Australia, Africa, and Asia.
While these values do not compute an age for the Earth, they do establish a lower limit (the Earth must be at least as old as any formation on it). This lower limit is at least concordant with the independently derived figure of 4.55 billion years for the Earth's actual age.
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I have morals because they were taught to me by my parents. Humans may have a natural sense of morals, but that can be attributed to pure instincts, just automatically imprinted upon our brains. I do ethical things because I believe they are right, not because of any belief in a higher power.
I asked the question about you believing christianity as the exclusive way for salvation because of an interesting poll I recently read about. I will post a seperate thread about it.