In Cherry Lewis’s "The Dating Game", she analyzes the autobiography of Arthur Holmes, the English geologist known for his advancements in radioactive dating and theories on the Earth and how it has aged. To put it into perspective, the book tracks how ideas vary vastly over one man’s day. Arthur Holmes was an influential pioneer in the findings and research of his theory in the mid 1800's, so Kelly depicts his views as time has passed. Through the use of literary analysis, autobiographies, and the claims of fellow geologist and theorist; Cherry Lewis portrays the breakdown and thought process of just how fast the Earth actually is aging.
Holmes began his running at a most interesting period, as Lewis states. Holmes was the only child of a …show more content…
In Mozambique in his soon twenties, Holmes wrote home about the stars: ‘I pelt somehow what a fearful meaningless tragedy the whole Universe appeared to be’ (p. If naturalism is faithful, then Holmes was right—there is no aim to this Universe.
However, the Bible reveals the true chronicle of the world and why we are here. There is a purpose for this creation, and for every humanistic life. That’s why the lifetime of the earth is a critical issue for the Christian worldview. Long ages destroy the credibility and message of the Bible.9.
Imagine afflictive to assume history without any misdate. You savvy, for specimen, that the First World War came before the Second World War, but how extended before? Was it tens, hundreds or even thousands of years before? In undoubting situations, before radiometric dating, there was no moving of cognition.
But geologists were not as dexterous with the fresh spring as, perhaps, they should have been. As Holmes, book in Nature in 1913, put it: "the geologist who ten years ago was abashed by the shortness of period allowed to him for the maneuver of the Earth's enamel, is still more abashed with the superabundance with which he is now compare." It continued to be violently debated for
Holmes began his running at a most interesting period, as Lewis states. Holmes was the only child of a …show more content…
In Mozambique in his soon twenties, Holmes wrote home about the stars: ‘I pelt somehow what a fearful meaningless tragedy the whole Universe appeared to be’ (p. If naturalism is faithful, then Holmes was right—there is no aim to this Universe.
However, the Bible reveals the true chronicle of the world and why we are here. There is a purpose for this creation, and for every humanistic life. That’s why the lifetime of the earth is a critical issue for the Christian worldview. Long ages destroy the credibility and message of the Bible.9.
Imagine afflictive to assume history without any misdate. You savvy, for specimen, that the First World War came before the Second World War, but how extended before? Was it tens, hundreds or even thousands of years before? In undoubting situations, before radiometric dating, there was no moving of cognition.
But geologists were not as dexterous with the fresh spring as, perhaps, they should have been. As Holmes, book in Nature in 1913, put it: "the geologist who ten years ago was abashed by the shortness of period allowed to him for the maneuver of the Earth's enamel, is still more abashed with the superabundance with which he is now compare." It continued to be violently debated for