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October 6, 1999: The Creation & Evidence - Steve Grohman | Aliens in Print Ads - Peter Gersten
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Art Bell welcomes UFO attorney Peter Gersten and creationist minister Steve Grohman for a two-part evening covering alien controversies and the creation-evolution debate. Gersten reports on a bizarre two-page R.J. Reynolds tobacco advertisement appearing in weekly newspapers that mocks alien abductees, asking why aliens keep abducting the dumbest people on Earth. He and Art dissect the ad's strange implications, with Bob Bigelow weighing in via email demanding an apology on behalf of abductees everywhere.
Grohman, an ordained Baptist minister who travels the country with fossils and live reptiles he considers modern dinosaurs, makes his case that Earth is only six to seven thousand years old. He challenges carbon dating methods, argues that reptiles in the original creation grew to enormous sizes due to longer lifespans, and claims cave art proves humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
Art pushes back on both guests with pointed questions about dating science, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and whether biblical literalism can accommodate the vastness of the universe. Callers weigh in on everything from evolution to eternal consequences of belief.
Grohman, an ordained Baptist minister who travels the country with fossils and live reptiles he considers modern dinosaurs, makes his case that Earth is only six to seven thousand years old. He challenges carbon dating methods, argues that reptiles in the original creation grew to enormous sizes due to longer lifespans, and claims cave art proves humans and dinosaurs coexisted.
Art pushes back on both guests with pointed questions about dating science, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and whether biblical literalism can accommodate the vastness of the universe. Callers weigh in on everything from evolution to eternal consequences of belief.