The fundamentalist doctrine of "Young Earth Creationism" is incompatible with cosmic realities.

I like how you have decided to keep this debate short and focused on one argued point, giving just 2 rounds, which is just enough to debate your one single argument. I accept this challenge and defend that YEC is not irreconcilable with what we know about Science and the Universe. If it were, I would just accept Old Earth Creationism or some kind of Theistic Evolution set of beliefs and be fine with it. I have no emotional need to take the bible literally, and I have heard very good cases from some pastors to show Genesis should be taken figuratively. I say this so you know where I’m coming from to take the YEC position. I do not take it because I feel my ‘faith’ requires me to. I take it because I believe that were the science and all evidence points to. Rebuttal to your single argument: Ironic that the single argument you have chosen to get behind is actually the easiest one against YEC to defeat. By the Theistic view of Gods act of creating the universe, let me ask you are you aware of how many rings are said to be in the trees (you know tree rings). Or for that matter how tall are the first trees he created on the day he created them? How old did Adam appear physically? Was every animal created an infant? It’s really not that hard to answer those questions no matter what understanding you come from. God of course created them full grown to start with. Adam did not have to wait for the trees to grow old enough to bear fruit from a seedling start. God did not create trees as seeds in the ground, and God according to Genesis did not create an egg for the first chicken to hatch from. The Starting place of growth of all creation is clearly full grown adulthood. The light-year travel time is clearly by the same extension created already reaching the earth. Basically at the same extension that God created all the matter and energy and photons in the star light-years away, he also simultaneously created every photon from its rays traveling to earth. Personally I’m sort of shocked you did not think of this yourself. Anyway I do have one argument of my own to show YEC is not only reconcilable to science, but that in at least as far as the Earth is concerned, YEC is an indicated must by science. Radiometric Decay: The following is a few links to what are sometimes called polonium halos sometimes referred to as “Gods Halos” do to there impact on this debate. You understand how radiometric dating works right? You look at isotopes and you see how much they have decayed against how fast you know they decay to figure out how old they are. http://www.greatcom.org... http://www.unmaskingevolution.com... http://christiananswers.net... http://www.halos.com... http://www.finalfrontier.org.uk... Well in any of the links there a little more being considered. Scientists have long known that when each particular radioactive atom decays, it gives off energy at a characteristic level. This energy burst damages the mineral matrix in which the atom rests, and the size of the damaged zone reflects the level of energy released. Because uranium atoms (for purposes of this discussion) are usually found within certain minerals as inclusions of billions of atoms (which together still occupy a very tiny point of space), the decay of these unstable atoms over time produces a sphere of damage around the radio-centers. Well polonium-214 has a half life of a few seconds before it decays into something else. But it has a distinct size of its radius of damage it only makes while it is still polonium-214 and has yet to decay into lead-210. So for these rings to exist, the earth cannot have been formed by lava to cooled slowly over time. The granite around the polonium had to form in less than 10 to 4 seconds . pretty much intently, not slowly overtime. I'm curious as to your response to the Polonium Halo problem, as it will be my singular argument of my own. This promises to be a fun short debate. I await your response