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Science vs. Evolution’s Dating of the Earth
Faith is under attack!
Exodus 20:8-11 summarizes Genesis 1-2.
Evolutionary view of history
Evolutions believe “time,” not God, “performs miracles!”
Time does not minimize the problems of evolution!
Two reasons the earth is 6,000-10,000 years old:
Genesis 1-11 indicates this.
Science indicates a young earth and a global flood.
False theories
Gap theory
Progressive creation theory
Day age theory
Framework hypothesis theory
Scientists try to date the earth by two main methods:
The relative dating method:
How old is the fossil embedded in the rock? Find out by determining how old the rock is.
How old is the rock? Find out by determining how old the fossil is that is embedded in it.
Circular reasoning!
The absolute dating method
Radioactive decay measurements
Only used for igneous rocks – NOT sedimentary rock.
The issue is not the rate of decay. It is about the assumptions used in the calculation:
Constant rate of decay
Always a closed system
Knowledge of initial conditions
Presence of daughter elements at the beginning makes rocks date old at the start!
Radiometric dating has proven to be hugely unreliable on rocks for which we know the age. How can we trust it for rocks of unknown age?
Other indications of a young earth:
Population growth rate for humans has been about 2% per year through recorded history, even with wars and natural disasters. From a single couple, you’d reach 7 billion people in 1,100 years. There is no way humans can be millions of years old with anywhere near that sort of growth rate!
Earth’s magnetic field
The field has been steadily decaying since we started measuring it in 1829.
If the earth was ancient, the magnetic field would have started out like a neutron star!
Ocean sediment accumulation rate shows a young earth. If the earth was ancient, the sediment would be over 100,000 feet thick. Instead, it is roughly 1200 feet thick.
Salt content of the ocean indicates a young earth. Starting from fresh water, the water would attain its current salinity in roughly 60,000 years just by natural processes.
The shape of galaxies
Some misquote II Peter 3:8, saying that for God, one day is a thousand years.
The verse doesn’t say that. It says “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.”
The context is speaking of how time doesn’t matter to God in terms of fulfilling His promises.
Old earth theories:
Try to redefine a day
Try to redefine God
Contradict Jesus in Mark 10:6 by making man a recent newcomer to the planet
Make Jesus and Paul out to be liars
What difference does it make?
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Faith is under attack!
Exodus 20:8-11 summarizes Genesis 1-2.
Evolutionary view of history
Evolutions believe “time,” not God, “performs miracles!”
Time does not minimize the problems of evolution!
Two reasons the earth is 6,000-10,000 years old:
Genesis 1-11 indicates this.
Science indicates a young earth and a global flood.
False theories
Gap theory
Progressive creation theory
Day age theory
Framework hypothesis theory
Scientists try to date the earth by two main methods:
The relative dating method:
How old is the fossil embedded in the rock? Find out by determining how old the rock is.
How old is the rock? Find out by determining how old the fossil is that is embedded in it.
Circular reasoning!
The absolute dating method
Radioactive decay measurements
Only used for igneous rocks – NOT sedimentary rock.
The issue is not the rate of decay. It is about the assumptions used in the calculation:
Constant rate of decay
Always a closed system
Knowledge of initial conditions
Presence of daughter elements at the beginning makes rocks date old at the start!
Radiometric dating has proven to be hugely unreliable on rocks for which we know the age. How can we trust it for rocks of unknown age?
Other indications of a young earth:
Population growth rate for humans has been about 2% per year through recorded history, even with wars and natural disasters. From a single couple, you’d reach 7 billion people in 1,100 years. There is no way humans can be millions of years old with anywhere near that sort of growth rate!
Earth’s magnetic field
The field has been steadily decaying since we started measuring it in 1829.
If the earth was ancient, the magnetic field would have started out like a neutron star!
Ocean sediment accumulation rate shows a young earth. If the earth was ancient, the sediment would be over 100,000 feet thick. Instead, it is roughly 1200 feet thick.
Salt content of the ocean indicates a young earth. Starting from fresh water, the water would attain its current salinity in roughly 60,000 years just by natural processes.
The shape of galaxies
Some misquote II Peter 3:8, saying that for God, one day is a thousand years.
The verse doesn’t say that. It says “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.”
The context is speaking of how time doesn’t matter to God in terms of fulfilling His promises.
Old earth theories:
Try to redefine a day
Try to redefine God
Contradict Jesus in Mark 10:6 by making man a recent newcomer to the planet
Make Jesus and Paul out to be liars
What difference does it make?