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I feel your pain there. In a fit of enthusiasm 12 years or so ago I built a deck, couldn't afford hardwood for the under the deck bit, now I have to pull a third of it up every 2-3 years to replace the bits that have gone rotten. Pain in the arse.

It is a lovely colour. Was out on mine today and came the closest ive ever been to coming off it. I ended up on a minor road which has so much crap on it that it was just two narrow ribbons of tarmac with gravel either side and down the middle, caught the gravel and almost came off. Was only doing 10-15mph.

No, a kit car built by a GP in his garage. I had to resolve a load of idiosyncrasies on it when I bought it from him 12 years ago. Still not fixed, I looked at it, got head down in the footwell to work out how to get the dash off, decided my back hurt then went out on my Indian instead. Maybe next w/end …

Had that before. My mums car was in the garage for years as she hunt been able to drive for a long time. We decided to try to get it going and on pulling things apart found the air filter compartment full of something a squirrel or mice had spent ages stashing there.

I have had an electrical fault on my car for months, actually it’s probably a couple of years now, the rev counter only works intermittently. To get it to work correctly I need to turn some lights on, any lights, doesn’t matter which, switch them on and it starts working. It even goes on/off in time with the indicators. I keep meaning to get to it to trace the issue but can’t be arsed to pull the dash off. Today might be the day

Ohh, a crossbow, that looks fun

OK, I can understand that. There are numerous instances of Jesus contradicting the OT, each could be excused as above as it's a one size fits all argument. Jesus is the son of God.

You obviously have your faith and no internet argument is going to change that, as it wouldn't mine.

Thanks, interesting read. A few points in no particular order - The Old Testament contains a fair few contradictions. There is also some debate about who wrote it and when. I realise you are probably of the view that t was dictated to Moses by God but then there are vivid contradictions in what should be Christian principals between the Old T and the New. I don't view the OT as reliable yet the age of the earth can be determined by the apparent progression of lineage of the main players? The simple statement that this is the word of God as given to Moses doesn't override the wealth of scientific evidence to the contrary on the age of the earth. The half life of an isotope is measurable. It is fixed and doesn't vary. Granted for those with massively long half lives there will be a margin of error in their calculation. If the earth is 6,000 years old how are we seeing light from stars which are many millions of years old. Noah/flood is inconsistent with reality. The dimensions of he ark are stipulated yet no way is that large enough to fit 2 of everything in it (plus food etc) If the ark grounded on mount Ararat how did animals get to other continents If the art is 6K years old that's not sufficient time for evolution to come up with the assortment of differing human attributes (the diff between what I look like and an aboriginal chap in Australia for example). Evolution is not just a theory, we can see it happening around us (emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria for example) We have bought back rocks from the moon (unless you are Zak) which date from the formation of the moons crust which with no tectonic activity is fecking old. I can't be bothered to look it up. If the earth was flooded for a year where has every other living thing which wasn't loaded onto the Ark come from? Trees, fungi, Zak, etc There is evidence of human habitation which is older than 6K years There are any number of fossils in sedimentary rock magnitudes older than 6K years. What happened to the dinosaurs? I could spend all day coming up with this stuff. Of course all of the above can be simply answered by God simply creating the universe that way and that's all there is to it. I would argue however that we his creations are thinking, inquisitive, enquiring and curious, why would he create something then tell Moses that's how it is when there is so much evidence that we see which makes us question it?

I would just like to add that I am a Christian, my questions are not motivated by some sort of anti religious viewpoint.

Do you have a link to how this age is arrived at, or can you elaborate?

@Buckster out of interest where do you get the 5000 years, or whatever it is, that you are working to as the age of the earth. Apologies if you have explained this before and I’ve missed it.

Just so I'm getting this straight, are you saying that the half life of a particular isotope is variable?

I keep telling myself I must look at the stuff Zak posted, but keep finding other stuff that's more fun, like tidying up the garage or cleaning the toilet. My dentist told me I need a filling replacing, I'm wondering how hard it can be to do it myself...

I got finished with work and it was sunny outside so thought id go out for a random ride. When I went outside it was freezing so changed my mind. Within 20 mins it was pissing down ...