'At least one flavor of Christianity doesn't find evolution or a very
old universe distasteful, and in fact has kind words for scientists and
researchers:
http://www.catholic.com/library/Adam_Eve_and_Evolution.asp
AJM

REPLY: Im afraid that this particular 'Flavor' is well known for denying
the authority of The Bible,  adding all sorts of madeup traditions
thruout the centuries, and lately boldly claiming that ONLY their Church
holds the keys to eternal salvation and you have to belong to it.
Further,  Theistic Evolution isnt the way which The Creator chose to
create and is wrought with many problems , particularly Gods character :

Biblical problems for theistic evolution and progressive creation
Address:http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i2/creation.asp

From "Tornado in a Junkyard" and a few other tidbits :
1) evolution requires transitional mutations why is it that there are no
fossil records of these transitional forms? (ex. fish with little arms and
legs)  ALL organisms in the fossil record are fully formed without
transitional stages the fossil record does not support evolution theory and
it is true with every class of animal
2) Tom Kemp states in the "New Scientist" -- "fossil species appear
instantaneously in the fossil record, persist for some millions of years
virtually unchanged, only to disappear abruptly"
3) To change species genes have to change first, the theory is mutations
work these changes, BUT mutations are almost always harmful, usually
resulting in the inability for reproduction or even death, in humans it's
classed as 'birth defects'.  It stretches credibility to suggest a series of
'birth defects', step by step, could change a Chevette into a
Corvette...hehe
4) Simultaneous appearance of several gene mutations in one individual has
never been observed
5) the problem of 'half-organs' -- if a lizard changes to a bird in a
million years of evolution how does the arms change to wings without the
arms being useless until the wings fully develop?
6) light sensitivity -- when light first strikes the retina a photon
interacts with a 11-cis-retinal molecule which rearranges to trans-retinal,
this forces a change in the shape of a protein, rhodopsin, that is tightly
bound, then sticks to another protein, transducin, but before bumping into
it it's tightly bound to a molecule called GDP.  When the interaction occurs
the GDP falls off and that binds to another molecule, transducin.  Then the
new molecule binds to a protein called phosphodiesterase, located in the
inner membrane of the cell.  When attached it gains an ability to 'cut' a
molecule called cGMP.  When the amount of cGMP is reduced due to the
cleavage by the phosphodiesterace the ion channel closes, causing the
cellular concentration of positively charged ions to be reduced, causing an
imbalance of charge across the cell membrane that causes a current in the
optic nerve.  Yea right, chance mutations in an evolutionary sequence
'accidentally' made all this happen.
7) Why aren't fish today trying to develop little arms and legs?  If
evolution is happening we would see it in some things today
8) living things are made up of cells, cells consist mostly of proteins.
Proteins are chains of amino acids.  A human cell has over 200,000 different
proteins, each protein has hundreds of amino acids.  Every amino acid has to
have at least one activating enzyme.  They have to be collected by
transfer-RNA.  When an amino acid joins a chain a water molecule is
released, if water is present the molecule will be given back, reversing the
chemical process.  So much for life starting in an ocean.
9) DNA cannot do it's work without catalytic proteins, but proteins cannot
form without DNA and DNA cannot form without proteins
10) the sun loses mass at 4 million tons per second, that means only 100,000
years ago the sun would have been twice as big as it is now.  100 million
years ago, when the dinos were supposed to be thriving on earth the sun's
surface would have extended far beyond the earth's orbit.  Talk about global
warming!
11) the moon is receding from the earth at about 4cm per year, and the rate
would have been greater in the past.  The moon could never have been closer
than about 11,500 miles. Do the math the moon hasn't been around very
long...
12) helium leaks out of the earth's crust at a measurable rate, some escapes
but gravity holds most of it.  Helium comprises only 5 parts per million in
the atmosphere if the earth is so old there should be a lot more He in the
air.
13) earth's rotation is slowing if it is billions of years old the rotation
would have been too fast for it to form
14) the Mississippi River is said to have formed two million years ago but
the rate of sedimentation at it's delta gives an age of only 4400 years.
Sedimentation happens in the oceans too, if the oceans were just a billion
years old the sediment would be 100,000 feet deep, instead of about 3000 as
it is now.  The oceans would have filled up in only 14 million years
15) radioactive decay and the speed of light is used to date things, what if
the decay rate and speed of light is slowing down, the ages would be MUCH
younger (in terms of thousands of years not millions or billions).  And the
distances to other stars and galaxies would be far shorter, would be a much
smaller and younger universe
16)Polonium-218 half-life is only 3 minutes yet everywhere on earth 'halos'
made in the rock by the decay shows up, meaning that the rock didn't cool
slowly from a molten state, it was created very swiftly and cooled very
quickly
17) on April 26, 1890, Arizona Tombstone Epitaph carried a report of a
winged monster, resembling a huge alligator with an extremely elongated tail
and an immense pair of wings, was found on the desert between the Whetstone
and Huachuca mountains by a couple ranchers.  The creature was exhausted
from flying when discovered and was able to fly just short distances at a
time.  The ranchers pursued it and eventually shot it dead.  It measured 92
feet in length, had two feet and it's head was about 8 feet long.  Wing span
was about 160 feet.  Gee sounds like a dino, or a 'dragon' to me, supposedly
extinct for millions of years...
18) after years of plotting galaxies a distinct pattern has been discovered,
seems like the universe is a vast x/y/z coordinate system the galaxies seem
to be lined up in a 3-dimensional matrix, so much for the random scattering
of mass

I could go on and on, and I just did I guess!hehe  In Job 38:4 God has a
question for the evolutionists -- "Where were you when I laid the earth's
foundations?"  The problem with evil is that it comes in many forms.  And
after doing some research on Daniel C. Dennett as advised above I think he
is just another pencil-neck pointy-headed intellectual idiot that has a
massive disdain for anything bigger than his swelled ego.  And I bet he
couldn't even change the oil in his car.  Cardiologist Maurice Rawlings has
written a book "To Hell and Back" in 1993 about near-death experiences.
Many say they see a 'light' or feeling a deep inner peace, but some also
tell of terrors of a 'hell', I wonder why these experiences never seem to
get publicity?

This is all I'm going to say about this and I ask for your forgiveness about
this long off-topic post but I felt these things needed to be brought up.
Remember the 'golden rule' let's be nice to each other and live well and
happy, and let's get out there and have some fun in our 'Vettes, I'm heading
out to do that now!

Butcher
'96 LT-4 CE

'Hi Dave thanks for the advice, I cleaned the radiator already and
looked at the hoses they are a little soft, I'll be flushing the system
soon I'm waiting for the hoses to come in at my local auto parts store,
waiting for UPS to deliver an IR thermo too I got on Ebay. There are
gaps between the rad and condenser coil will deal with those too. Thanks
for the advice on the % mix here in Texas I don't have to worry about
real low temps so that mix should be fine, haven't heard about the Water
Wetter seen the bottle at the store though thought I might give it a try
when I pick up the hoses.'

REPLY:  Reducing your coolant level to 25% and adding a bottle of watter
wetter will immediatly be noticed on how much cooler your system will
run at ;  ive got a 1970 built Big Block (540 h.p/600tq)  and run just
15% coolant to 85% distilled water with 2 bottles of Water Wetter --  if
im going at least 35 mph , my twin electric fans will never come on and
theyre set to come on at 205 f.   Its remarkable how much cooler the
system will operate at. I do however keep my cooling system in peak
condition .  If if lived in Austin , Texas ... during the hottest summer
months i would not hesitate to run without an engine thermostat
installed ;  ive done exhaustive tests with and without a thermostat
installed and in very hot weather it REALLY makes a big difference how
the cooling system works in very high ambient temps.    Youll find that
by moving more water around your engine and radiator from no thermostat
present , youll run far cooler .  The thermostat is essential to bring
the temp. up on the engine asap after first starting the motor and to
maintain a minimum temperature ;  but in the sweltering heat of summer
in Texas,  youll be up to operating temp in no time anyway, and running
without one is highly advantageous in terms of cooling effect.  The old
wives-tale of slowing down the water flow so the radiator can dissipate
the heat better is nothing but a myth ;  if you go on to Stewart Water
Pumps website Forum,  this myth is always being brought up .  Moving
more Gallons per minute is what works and thats why many opt for higher
GPM water pumps.  Ive got a Stewart stage 3 water pump on mine and the
difference over the stock pump is like night and day.

'One question please -- the car specifies the 'pink' antifreeze but the
car has the 'green' in it now, I know they do not mix but is there a
difference in cooling with either? I was going to use the 'green'
Prestone (I have a couple gal. already for my other cars) but since I'll
be flushing it well I could change to the 'pink' if it cools better.
I'll post when I finish all the work and see if the temps come down.'

REPLY: I dont know the Specific Heat rating of the pink or the green .
Sorry.

'Oh by the way I read somewhere years ago that Darwin himself years
after his theory was published actually believed he was all wet, he
originally wanted to figure out how God did things here NOT replace Him
with 'natural selection'.
Butcher'

REPLY:  Either way, Darwin like everyone else who is no longer here,  is
a CREATIONIST now !    A very good scholarly book which i thoroughly
enjoyed so much that i read it 3 times..is the book called :" I Dont
Have ENough Faith to be an Atheist"  by Dr. Norman Geisler ;  even
Atheists have written in and said just how compelling the book really is
 Its available as a featured book at www.impactapologetics.com   .
There is a section in the book on how Darwinian Evolution violates the
many established Laws of Science . The Author is one of Christianitys
best Debaters and on the website there are Debate Videos between him and
Secular Humanists ; it is quite entertaining and educational.

Dave

Snip

Got any information on this mix that you could share? As I remember
the less antifreeze you use the lower your boiling point is, see ---  
http://www.peakantifreeze.com/images/art_protection_chart.jpg