[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Okay, without derailing this thread, can someone please point me to a cite where it discusses how carbon dating was disproved. I'd think such a landmark scientific event would get a bit of press coverage.

This is a point I planned to address after reading your response to me, Timber. Carbon dating has not been "disproved", per se, but it is not infallible either. I don't have specific links, only an amalgam of examples used to illustrate this point in past discussions of this nature.

Tests have been conducted to challenge the accuracy of carbon dating. The results of some of these tests were astounding, to say the least. In one, a hat purchased from a department store was "dated" to be over 200 YEARS OLD! There were other examples given...and appropriate rebuttals offered. The bottom line is that carbon dating may be a valid scientific methodology, but it is by no means "foolproof" - it can be "tricked".

Does that invalidate the dating of fossil bones? Not necessarily...but it does introduce an element of uncertainty.

BTW, just because I accept the Bible as the literal Word of God does not mean I believe the Earth is only 6,000 yrs old. That is just one interpretation by one group....and one I consider to be inaccurate. I believe 6,000 years is too low to be an accurate "age" of Earth. Likewise, I believe "billions of years" to be too long. I believe it falls somewhere in the middle (probably much closer to "thousands" rather than "billions" - but this is my personal opinion only).