Aineo, I just don`t see time decay as a factor within our argued timeframe. It depends how far back we go. If we want to, for example, date the grand Canyon, we have already ruined the credibilitry of biblical time within this very small timeframe. If you are saying time has been seriously altered within the period we find the fossil record, I don`t see it, and I don`t see the science to prove it, or at least make it into a theory. You`re just confusing the issue with this clutter. I didn`t hear anyone attacking science when the dead sea scrolls were dated. Why, because your camp liked that data.
Prophecies:
The Bible is jam-packed with people making statements about what will happen, what God will do, what the future holds. Problem is for everyone that appears prophetic, there is more that don`t make sense, and more that did not come to pass or cannot come to pass. I could dig up prophecy arguements from various websites and books and we could go on and on but there is no point. Prophecy is too hit and miss, it can be an educated guess at what will happen, or too vague to make sense at all until hindsight can spot it. DaVinci drew pictures of flying machines, and had all sorts of insights into the future. He wasn`t a prophet though was he? Same with Nostradamus, it`s all the same to me. I`m not molding my life after a fairy tale because some prophecies are eerily spot on.
I`m told fullfilled prophecies help to solidify your faith, there is really not much else to go on since nothing that would prove the validity of supernatural happennings, (i.e. Godly works and miracles) has ever been found.
It`s a pretty threadbare ideology to spend your life devoted too. I mean look at the insanity of the middle eastern people responsible for your Biblical writings. We can look at them and say it`s religion gone too far or we can compare someone wrapped in explosives in the middle of a crowded market to some Christian who refuses to lift his nose from his Bible and look around for a few minutes.
Does God say to do stuff like that? yes, no, maybe at one time but not now? depends where you live and who your parents are. Allah Akubar?
Who cares when all mankind really needs is a single, universal moral code to live by.