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DEVILUTION, PT. 7 “DATES, DELUGE, & DINOSAURS”
I. DATES… (conclusion) We’ve been talking about the huge difference in the
timelines of Creationism and Evolution Philosophy…last week we looked at 21
evidences from the physical universe that support the young earth the Bible
tells us of. The dating game, we could call it! And the method you use to
figure dates will be quite destructive to those who disagree w/ you!
(1) Standard methods of age DATING.
There are two primary methods of age dating being used today...they are:
• RADIO METRIC METHOD
• CARBON 14
RADIO METRIC METHOD
• This method tests volcanic material measuring the amount of radio active
decay.
• This method is extremely inaccurate. In fact some moon rocks brought from
Apollo 11 dated more than 18 billion years old by this method, and that blew
the evolutionists mind. That’s older than they said it could possibly be. That
really blew Hubble’s mathematics which placed the Big-Bang about 18 to 20
billion years ago and the earth at 4 or 5 billion.
• In fact, to make the rocks fit the age they thought they should be they
melted out all the lead, and then they dated at 3.5 billion years which they
said was acceptable.
Hmmm...“If the it doesn’t fit the dating system, then what can we do to this
rock to make it appear to be the right date to fit our theory of the age of the
moon?”
CARBON 14
• Carbon 14 dates things that used to be alive. You see, when you die, you stop
taking in Carbon 14, so the more you have in your system the younger you are,
and the less you have in your system the older you are, supposedly.
• According to Science, vol. 130, “living mollusks were dated at 2,300 years
old using Carbon 14.
• According to Nature Magazine, vol.22, March 7, 1970, “Organic material from a
castle mortar dated 7,370 years old even though the castle was known to be 787
years old.
• According to The Antarctic Journal Of The United States, Vol. 6, 1971,
“Freshly killed seals dated 1,300 years old. And mummified seals that were
known to have been dead for 30 years were dated at 4,600 years.
• You see, two things distort Carbon 14 dating....
(1) Water (global flood messes up the whole equation.)
(2) Weakening Radiation Field Of The Earth.
• THE POINT IS NEITHER OF THESE TWO STANDARD METHODS OF DATING ARE VERY
ACCURATE
There are other dating methods but they don’t deserve our time…once you’ve
dealt with these first 2 they no longer have a leg to stand on…
(2) The distance of STAR LIGHT coming to earth from extreme regions of the
universe.
• Part of Einstein’s theory of relativity involved the constant speed of light.
In fact this is what made his theory possible. “Time is relative, and the speed
of light is constant.”
• So if we know the speed of light is constant at 186k miles per second, then
we can use that constant to measure the distance light has traveled from other
galaxies and stars in the universe as it arrives at earth. So astronomers
measure the universe using the speed of light and trigonometry equations.
• So when you read in a journal or paper that a certain galaxy cluster is 4.5
billion light years away...do you just accept that statement without
questioning it? Be careful before you do, because if that galaxy cluster is 4.5
billion years away and the light radiating from it has reached the earth so we
can see it...Then that means the universe must be at least 4.5 billion years
old.
• Let me give you 4 possible solutions to this apparent problem for the young
earth people...
(a) God created the light beams at the same time he created the light source
(stars) and so both were put in place simultaneously (In fact, I believe God
created the light beams before He created the luminaries. Genesis 1 describes
God creating light and separating the light from the darkness on day one. But
he does not create the sun moon and stars until day 4). NOTE: Understand, if this is how God did it, then the light beams would give
the “appearance” of age, but in fact would not be that old, just as the first
man had the appearance of age without being old.
(b) A second possible answer is that the distance to these remote stars has not
been calculated correctly.
• It is known by all astronomers that once you get out of our solar system it
is very difficult to measure distances accurately.
• Two different mathematical formulas can be used, depending on an assumption
you have to make about space...
1. EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY...assumes space is
flat, and is the standard measurement used, projecting great distances .
2. Riemannian Geometry...assumes space is curved,
projecting distances between planets to be much
closer. Using Riemannian geometry, the light
from the most distant known stars could travel to
earth in just over 15 years. NOTE: It should be noted that scientist do not know whether space is flat or
curved in outer space. So either method of geometrical equating is based on
assumptions.
(c) A third possible answer is the light may have taken a “Short-cut” through
space. “Wormhole”, etc.???
(d) A fourth possible answer is the speed of light may in fact not be constant.
As a matter of fact we know today it can not be constant.
• As you travel back in time, light travels faster. And the farther back in
time you go the faster light travels.
• Consider Black Holes, which are collapsed stars with such powerful
gravitational force that even light can not escape them. Scientist are asking
“what happens to the light beams radiating out of that star at the moment of
its collapse and the tremendous gravitational force is applied to them....It
would appear that for at least a brief moment in time that gravitational force
would have to slow some traveling light beams down to the point of a dead stop,
and in fact suck them back into the mass of the collapsed star!!
The point is, the two very best arguments of the “Old Earthers” are tentative
and doubtful at best. And the more we learn about our universe, the more
tentative and doubtful they become.
It’s a young earth [recap]
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