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Message 14 of 207 (730340)
06-27-2014 12:19 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Faith
06-27-2014 11:50 AM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
First, if the Earth was young we'd see that. (If you see above it was possible to get a good date for the historical eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii). If the actual age is too low that doesn't mean that we'd see dates all over the place - almost all the dates would be around the minimum for the method.
There might be a very few fringe cases where the Flood might be relevant, but generally it would have no effect at all on most radiometric methods.

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Message 17 of 207 (730343)
06-27-2014 12:44 PM
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06-27-2014 12:39 PM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
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Yes, that is my problem all right, along with the fact that the Flood is the only reasonable explanation for the strata and the fossils, and the fact that the Old Earth explanations of the strata and the fossils are just plain ridiculous, and quite a few other things.
In reality it is the Old Earth explanations that make sense and the Flood story that is ridiculous. That's why the Old Earth is accepted as scientific fact and the Flood is rejected as a myth.

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Message 21 of 207 (730347)
06-27-2014 1:07 PM
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06-27-2014 1:01 PM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
Well, you've been told and it's nothing like what we actually see. So either you need to invent some new physics which just happens to result in many different dating methods giving consistently wrong results - despite relying on different processes. Or admit that radiometric dating is an effective falsification of YEC.

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Message 38 of 207 (730364)
06-27-2014 1:40 PM
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06-27-2014 1:12 PM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
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No way does a stack of disparate sediments represent time periods, that's nuts, nothing sensible about it.
Obviously they represent a period of time where some environmental changes caused different material to be deposited. We've SEEN that changes in sea level explain a lot. I can't see that compressing the time available into a single year is at all sensible,
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You can rationalize it all in terms of the Old Earth but it's a strain on common sense
Maybe if you exercised your common sense more you wouldn't find using it such a strain.
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and billions of fossils is just too perfectly the result of the worldwide Flood.
Except for the numerous problems with that explanation, For example the order in the fossil record which the Flood can't explain at all.
And what's wrong with the old Earth explanation ? You can't say that the number of fossils is a problem given hundreds of millions of years.
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Not to mention the other problems I've pointed out in the GC examples.
None of any weight compared to the evidence against YEC.
It's pretty obvious that the rationalisations are on your side. Even you admit that your interpretation of the Bible is more important to you than the science.

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Message 55 of 207 (730426)
06-28-2014 2:40 AM
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06-28-2014 12:09 AM


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Sure Faith I see what you are saying. People are being told the truth! As a creationist it is your duty to use lies and slander to suppress it.
Popular accounts are popular accounts. People want them. There is nothing suspicious or evil about providing them.

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