Present to Christ: 2000 yearsChrist to Abraham: 2000 yearsAbraham to Adam: ?Genesis 5: 1946 yerasThus earth is about 6000 years old.Science has not proven the earth is billions of years old.Polystrate fossilsFossils that extend through multiple layers of rock.These kinds of fossils must have been buried rapidly because otherwise they would have decayed before the upper layers formed.Romans 1:20Circular reasoning in the geologic columnDating rocks based on fossils and vice versa.Faulty dating methodsBased on assumptionsRate of decay has always been the sameNo sources of contaminationEtc.Known eruptionsSunset Crater: 900 years agoRadioisotope dating dates it to 210,000-230,000 years agoKaupulehu Flow: 200 years agoRadioisotope dating dates it to 140 million to 2.96 billion years agoMount St. Helens: 32 yeras agoRadioisotope dating dates it to 350,000 to 2.4 million years agoFaulty carbon-14 dating resultsMount St. Helens and “catastrophism”Coal may be formed rapidly by large mats of vegetation that are buried quickly by a catastrophe.Fossilized trees and Spirit LakePetrifaction can happen as quickly as one year given the right conditions.Genesis 7:11-12 - How much of what we see today is a result of the flood?Five points of evidence for catastrophism at Mount St. HelensQuickly formed stratificationRapidly eroded canyonsUpright deposited logs in Spirit LakeRapidly formed peat layer in Spirit LakeQuick recovery of ecosystem in blast zoneConclusionThere is no need to try to reinterpret Genesis 1-2.Day age theoryGap theoryExodus 20:11There is no reason to believe science has disproved the Bible.
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