Age Dating Methods
Overview
Radiometric Dating methods referred to by evolutionists are notoriously unreliable, inconsistent, and provide dramatically flawed results. These methods are not the best evidence for the age of the Earth. m ore…
What’s at stake?
A) Because these methods appear to be “scientific” many people assume they are trustworthy, and are led to false conclusions.
B) Other important evidence is often overlooked or undervalued because of the undeserved value placed in radiometric dating.
C) Radiometric dating methods can be “tailored” to provide d esired results and are therefore subject to misinterpretation.
Reason to question the theory of billions of years:
1) R adiocarbon Dating (Carbon 14) is based on unprovable and flawed a ssumptions. Even if all the assumptions were correct it could only measure up to 3 0,000 years.
2) R adioisotope Dating is notoriously unreliable when comparing r ocks of known ages. Further, radioisotope dating is limited to igneous (once molten) and metamorphic (transformed, usually by natural processes) rocks.
3 ) M a n y A r c h a e o l o g i s t s m i s t r u s t R a d i o m e t r i c m e t h o d s .
4) Many methods used for assessing the Age of the Earth demonstrate that it cannot be billions of years old. h ttp://www.icr.org/article/evidenceforyoungworld/
Logical Fallacies:
1) Geologic Column Ages established by using circular reasoning.
2) Just because a majority of scientists suggest the earth and universe are billions of years old does not make it correct. The majority of scientists have been wrong many times in history.
Assumptions:
Fatal Flaws:
1) Circular Reasoning Overzealous faith in the current dating methods result in circular reasoning. Effectively this suggests that because evolutionists think they know the age of the rocks, when they find fossils in those rocks they claim to know the age of the fossils. When they find certain fossils in rocks, they believe they know the age of the rock that surround them. The flaw is not only in the circular reasoning, but also in the assumptions used in age dating methods.
2) Proof by Assertion Evolutionists suggest that most scientists support its theory of origins, so it is correct. Spontaneous generation of life was believed by most scientists before Louis Pasteur proved the belief wrong. Evolutionary scientists often refer to lack of “peer reviewed” documentation as justification for their position. Yet what they really mean by “peer reviewed” is a creation supporting document reviewed and agreed to by evolutionists. Realistically it is unlikely that evolutionary scientists would give a creationist position paper their approval.
Conclusion
Radiometric methods should always be considered in the light of other reliable evidence. Before trusting radiometric dating methods, it is important to understand how they work, their builtin assumptions, their limitations, and their proven inconsistencies. Radiometric dating methods are too often held out as “proof” of the age of the earth. In fact, they prove nothing except that the “scientific” study of the age of the earth is blurred by assumptions and remains untestable in the empirical world of science.