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'''Last Thursdayism''', also Last Tuesdayism and Last Wednesdayism, is the parody idea that the whole of the universe was created last Thursday with the apparent age of an ancient universe.
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'''Last Thursdayism''', also Last Tuesdayism and Last Wednesdayism, is an [[atheistic]] parody which suggests that the universe was created last Thursday with the apparent age of an ancient universe.  It is a bizarre parody because no one disputes that contemporary laws of physics could not have been true at the moment of creation, or soon thereafter, rendering aging of the universe based on contemporary laws of physics problematic.
  
 
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The belief, much like the belief in the Invisible Pink Unicorn<!-- What's that? -->, is a [[parody]] of one of the many [[Young Earth Creationism|creationist]] arguments that the universe is about 6,000 years old despite, according to anti-creationists, having the appearance of being about 13.7 billion years old.
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The [[atheistic]] parody, similar to its Invisible Pink Unicorn, is a [[parody]] of arguments that the universe is about 6,000 years old despite attempts to claim an older age based on assumptions of invariance of decay rates and contemporary observations.
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Last Thursdayism is intended to parallel many creationist assertions to illustrate by analogy how ridiculous these creationist assertions supposedly are.
 
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For example, a creationist might argue that existence of supposedly-ancient animal fossils is explained by them being placed by Satan, or God, to test the faith of the believer.
 
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The last Thursdayist may with equal logic say the same thing about last Wednesday's newspaper.
 
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The problem with the parody is that it attempts to demolish straw-man arguments.
 
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For example, modern creationists ''don't'' argue that fossils were placed to test one's faith. Some argue that the universe doesn't actually "look" old to begin with, and many argue that [[Young Earth Creationism#Starlight and the Age of the Universe|the appearance of age is due to other cosmological effects and Genesis actions]].
 
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Many theologians also argue that God would not deceive us with planted evidence of an ancient universe that was, in fact, young. [http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-starlight-prove]
 
  
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The parody attempts to use ridicule to conceal logical flaws in assertions of an old universe and Earth.  The parody seeks to intimidate anyone into fearing ridicule if he points out fallacies in claims of an old age of the universe and Earth.
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://www.last-thursday.org/ "Church of Last Thursday" home]
 
* [http://www.last-thursday.org/ "Church of Last Thursday" home]

Revision as of 03:07, March 1, 2008

Last Thursdayism, also Last Tuesdayism and Last Wednesdayism, is an atheistic parody which suggests that the universe was created last Thursday with the apparent age of an ancient universe. It is a bizarre parody because no one disputes that contemporary laws of physics could not have been true at the moment of creation, or soon thereafter, rendering aging of the universe based on contemporary laws of physics problematic.

Discussion

The atheistic parody, similar to its Invisible Pink Unicorn, is a parody of arguments that the universe is about 6,000 years old despite attempts to claim an older age based on assumptions of invariance of decay rates and contemporary observations.

The parody attempts to use ridicule to conceal logical flaws in assertions of an old universe and Earth. The parody seeks to intimidate anyone into fearing ridicule if he points out fallacies in claims of an old age of the universe and Earth.

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