Can you explain why, in such a old earth, no trees have survived past 8000 years anywhere according to this link, with the previous oldest at around 5000 years old? Now, by all means let the excuses fly as you attempt to explain to this innorant christian why he just doesn't understand what you secularists see so clearly.
The first problem you have is that you are still using a tree that is well over 2,000 years older than the oldest accepted biblical chronology. That serves to refute your own case, not strengthen it. A solitary old tree just brings the whole concept of a young earth in to disrepute.
Secondly, trees are organic matter. That a tree does not survive for more than 10,000 years, or whatever, doesn't mean by default that the earth must be less than a few thousand years old. It just means that trees don't live billions of years just like all organic matter.
Lastly, why is it that Young Earth creationists only accept carbon dating (or other forms of radiometric dating) when it is convenient for them? Isn't that cherry picking? Either C-14 dating is flawed or it isn't. You can't have it both ways.
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