Radiometric dating creationism

Genesis and Time: What Radiometric Dating Tells Us

Brown , Geoscience Research Institute. The minimal constraints imposed by a conservative grammatical-historical exegesis of the Bible on the Interpretation of radioisotope data are 1 the Initiation of conditions suitable for the support of organic life, and 2 the introduction of living organisms, on planet Earth 3 within a one-week period of time not less than about or more than about years ago. Some exegetes Impose an additional constraint 4 that all material substance within the Solar System originated during the same week. Constraint number 4 requires all data for radiometric ages greater than the order of 10, years on inorganic material to be Interpreted as the consequence of characteristics that were part of the original design at creation, subject to such modifications as may have occurred subsequently as a result of exposure to heat, water and radiation, and not as indicators of age. Constraints 1 - 3 allow radiometric age data to have time significance for the history of Inorganic material prior to its association with a fossil. This time significance could be totally or partially preserved in the relocation that brought a fossil and Inorganic material Into strati graphic relationship. Accordingly, without constraint number 4 radiometric age data for Inorganic material may be Interpreted as the combined consequence of original design at a primeval creation, subsequent exposure to heat, water and radiation, and time.

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William M. Arndts , Bible Science Association. Radiometric dating techniques have always been an important element in the modern Creationevolution controversy. From the time that radioactive decay rates were first suggested as a means of measuring the age of rocks, creation-model scientists and other critical thinkers were quick to point out that because the original compositions of the rock could not be established, the "age" as measured was actual conjecture, and without compelling scientific value. Nothing has happened to change that.

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Radiometric dating of rocks and minerals using naturally occurring, long-lived radioactive isotopes is troublesome for young-earth creationists because the techniques have provided overwhelming evidence of the antiquity of the earth and life. Some so-called creation scientists have attempted to show that radiometric dating does not work on theoretical grounds for example, Arndts and Overn ; Gill but such attempts invariably have fatal flaws see Dalrymple ; York and Dalrymple Other creationists have focused on instances in which radiometric dating seems to yield incorrect results. In most instances, these efforts are flawed because the authors have misunderstood or misrepresented the data they attempt to analyze for example, Woodmorappe ; Morris HM ; Morris JD Only rarely does a creationist actually find an incorrect radiometric result Austin ; Rugg and Austin that has not already been revealed and discussed in the scientific literature.

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Creation 101: Radiometric Dating and the Age of the Earth

On hearing the estimates of the earth's age that range from 6, to more than four billion years, you may have wondered, "What difference does it make what I believe about the earth's age? Does it really matter how long life has been here? They also make an important difference in how you interpret the hypotheses offered by science and the information presented in the Bible. As Bible-believing Christians, we accept as fact that God created the earth. As intelligent beings, we strive to understand God's creation using the analytic tools offered by human science.

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