twohumble wrote:

In case you have not noticed tuppence is a moderator of this forum and has adhered to our posting rules right down the line (something even I do not always do in the heat of a debate). She has not resorted to charactar assassination as you have done.

WHAT??????? Please point me to my "character assassination".....I totally reject this characterization, and see it as your attempt to "save the damsel in distress"....you have no basis for this comment at all.

"Bad science" is often seen in a misuse of data....this seems like the case to me. Just like statistics, you can make data say many things, but when you make the data sing like Dr. Setterfield has, you conflict with so many other areas of science that the evidence does not support his conclusions.

Setterfield is hardly a credible source and he clearly misunderstood that "correction factor" in Olaus Romers work as evidence for lights velocity to have decreased by 3% since 1675. In fact there have been many recent (post 1990) studies that show that if Romer had obtained more precise data for one part of his calculation, the speed of light (c) would have agreed with modern physics to within .5%. (Netterfield, Miller, A.T. Lee, Pryke, and other researchers all from 1999 to 2002 have published articles dispelling the idea that the velocity has changed).
http://www.jesus-christ-forums.com/home/viewtopic ... ield#41740

In his publication Facts & Faith, Spring, 1993, there is a personal letter by Dr. Ross concerning those who criticize his ministry, in which he says, "Men with little or no formal training in the sciences or theology dogmatically contradict the science and theology of someone [himself] who has done postdoctorial research (in astronomy) at Caltech and has served for many years on the pastoral staff of a well-established evangelical church. Why do my attackers never check with people who know me personally?"
As to the implication that opposition is only from the unqualified, he must be aware of critical articles by qualified scientists at the Institute for Creation Research at El Cajon, California, 32 as well as others. As for myself, I have a Ph.D. in Zoology, taught at the college level for more than twenty years, have written extensively on the creation evolution issue including a book that went through thirteen printings, spoken in churches, schools, and conferences coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada, and been repeatedly on the radio and TV. But errors may be pointed out by anyone knowledgeable enough to defect them, whether professional scientist or housewife.
http://www.bible.ca/tracks/b-hugh-ross.htm