From: draughn@iitmax.iit.edu (Mark Draughn)
Newsgroups: talk.origins
Subject: Re: New Evidence for Creation!
Date: 8 Oct 92 01:49:51 GMT
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Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology

In article <1992Oct1.135043.23660@cbnews.cb.att.com> ran@cbnews.cb.att.com
(Robert A. Neinast) writes:
[...]
>In the "Journal of the American Medical Association", Philip Mackowiak has
>recently measured the average human body temperature (he's at the University
>of Maryland).  His result is 98.2 degrees F.  There is significance to these
>new findings, since the 1868 study of Carl Wunderlich showed that,
>in humans, the average body temperature at that time was 98.6 degrees F.  He
>collected the data using OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE.  This pretty well points
>to the fact that, just as maximum lifespan of humans has been declining
>since the Fall (c.g. Methuselah--Gen 5:27), so has average body temperature.
>
>A least-squares fit to this data yields the following precise equation
>for body temperate vs. time:
>
>	Temperature = -0.0032258064 * Year + 104.6258063552   .
>
>Surely, body temperature could never have been above the boiling
>point of water.  This equation shows that body temperature would
>of been 212 degrees in 33286 BC, so it is clear that the creation must
>of occurred after that date.  We can better pin down the date
>for creation by considering the perfection of God.  What better
>evidence of the flawlessness of his Plan than to create humans with
>body temperature exactly midway between the boiling and freezing
>points of water: 122 degrees F.  The above equation shows that
>this occurred in 5386 BC, in remarkable agreement with other estimates
>for the time of the Fall.
>
>Maybe this will finally silence the unbelievers.

Oooooooooooooh!  I stand in awe of your brilliance and wisdom!

I noticed another interesting result of your formula that you may have
overlooked.  I have carefully calculated the body temperature values
for all years between the earliest possible date of creation (although
your derivation of 5386 BC is quite compelling, I wanted to use 33286
BC just to silence the sceptics) and the present year.  I present my
results for important dates here:

YEAR              TEMPERATURE               CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
33286 BC          211.9999981856            -0.0032258064
33285 BC          211.9967723792            -0.0032258064
33284 BC          211.9935465728            -0.0032258064
33283 BC          211.9903207664            -0.0032258064
33282 BC          211.9870949600            -0.0032258064
33281 BC          211.9838691536            -0.0032258064
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
5 BC              104.6419353872            -0.0032258064
4 BC              104.6387095808            -0.0032258064
3 BC              104.6354837744            -0.0032258064
2 BC              104.6322579680            -0.0032258064
1 BC              104.6290321616            -0.0032258064
1 AD              104.6225805488            -0.0064516128
2 AD              104.6193547424            -0.0032258064
3 AD              104.6161289360            -0.0032258064
4 AD              104.6129031296            -0.0032258064
5 AD              104.6096773232            -0.0032258064
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
1865 AD           98.6096774192            -0.0032258064
1866 AD           98.6064516128            -0.0032258064
1867 AD           98.6032258064            -0.0032258064
1868 AD           98.6000000000            -0.0032258064
1869 AD           98.5967741936            -0.0032258064
1870 AD           98.5935483872            -0.0032258064
1871 AD           98.5903225808            -0.0032258064
1872 AD           98.5870967744            -0.0032258064
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
   .                      .                         .
1988 AD           98.2129032320            -0.0032258064
1989 AD           98.2096774256            -0.0032258064
1990 AD           98.2064516192            -0.0032258064
1991 AD           98.2032258128            -0.0032258064
1992 AD           98.2000000064            -0.0032258064

While the values for 33286 BC and 1992 AD are very close, the sure
sign that you are onto something is the EXACT match for the year 1868.
Truly a remarkable feat.

However, the most striking thing about these results is their behavior
at the time of the birth of Christ Our Savior.  The change in
temperature between the years 1 BC and 1 AD is DOUBLE the change
between any other pair of years!

This can be nothing less than a sign from God!  Hallelujah!
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