Is the Universe Really Billions of Years Old or Could It Be Young?

Radio Tower Analogy

Geology Astronomy Biology Evolution

II Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; Big Picture

PBS Special: EVOLUTION Aired September and October, 2001 Part 7: What about God? Features students at a Christian College (Wheaton) and their faith problems. Starts with Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis

Old earth

Age and Ancient History? What does the Bible have to say about

What does the Bible say about age and ancient history? Genesis 5:1 Adam –“book” means: written official document –“generations” means: history (bear young) Genesis 10: 1Noah Genesis 11:10Shem Genesis 25:12Ishmael Genesis 37:2Jacob Matthew 1:17Christ Ancient History

Why can’t we just compromise and say that God did it in millions of years?

A Young Earth? Doesn’t it HAVE to be old, because…

Doesn’t it HAVE to be old? It takes millions of years for… An Ice age to occur Thousands of feet of layers to form Deep canyons to be cut into rock Fossils to form Rocks to form Diamonds to form Coal to form Wood to Petrify Stalactites and stalagmites to form Light to reach us from the stars It takes millions of years for… An Ice age to occur Thousands of feet of layers to form Deep canyons to be cut into rock Fossils to form Rocks to form Diamonds to form Coal to form Wood to Petrify Stalactites and stalagmites to form Light to reach us from the stars

Methods supporting billion year old Earth Methods supporting young Earth Young Earth Evidence Old Earth Evidence

“It is absolutely safe to say that, if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).” Richard Dawkins quoted in Philip Johnson, Darwin on Trial, 1991

The redefining of science Science means “to know” He has defined Science as: “Explaining all events by natural causes.” In other words “Without God” (This is the philosophy of Naturalism)

The redefining of science Let’s not narrow science by looking at the world without God… Science means to know

Nope – Just a few months – The Flood Didn’t it take millions of years to form all the layers? Photo: Andrew Sneling

Doesn’t it take millions of years for fossils to form? Nope – Just a few years

Wouldn’t it take 40,000 years to get the successive fossil forests? Specimen Ridge in Yellowstone National Park

Nope – less than 100 years

Doesn’t it take millions of years for gems like opal and diamond to form? Nope – Just three months

Diamonds take a long time to form Nope – Industrial diamonds are commonly made!

Doesn’t it take millions of years for stalactites to form?

Stalactite Formation Nope – This one formed in less than 1300 years

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls Formation

If the present is the key to the past then... Could I find a parent and growing teenager team? Charles Lyell 1840

35,000 foot long gorge At 1 foot per year it would take... 35,000 years But, at 5 feet per year it would take... 7,000 years Charles Lyell 1840

Video Clip Wouldn’t it take millions of years carve out the Grand Canyon? Nope – Most could be done in less than a year!

Ice Age Glaciers

Nope – Most could be done in less than 700 years!

Won’t it take hundreds of thousands of years to build up the ice at the poles? The P-38 Nope – Just 46 to build up 250 ft of ice

Doesn’t radioactive dating prove that the rocks are billions of years old? Nope – Three Assumptions make it impossible to prove those dates Nope – The Flood changed the Carbon Cycle and makes all dates before it invalid. There are major contradictions between different dating methods of the same rock.

Star light takes billions of years to get here Nope – Read about it here!

Evidence that it can’t be old

More Evidence…..

If the present is the key to the past, then it HAS to be younger the 4.6 billion years If the present is the key to the past, then it HAS to be younger the 4.6 billion years

A Young Earth? 4.6 billion Paleozoic Mesoz oic Precambrian Bang Biblical creation Today

The moon is leaving us At 2 inches per year Limits the moon to less than 1 billion years Bang Biblical creation

The Moon used to be closer

So, if the earth were really old.. Half a billion years ago the tides would drown all life on land twice a day.

The Galaxies wind up too fast Limits Galaxies to a few hundred million years

Salt fills the sea too fast Sodium in: 450 million tons / year Sea Continent Out: 120 million tons / year

Salt in the Seas 3% salt of today. Limits the Oceans to under 63 million years

The sea is young The sea: Supposed to be 3 billion years old Actually less than 62 million years old Could be much younger

Not Enough Stone-age Skeletons Said to Last 100,000 years Population: million That makes 4 billion burials. Only a few thousand found Limits Stone-age to a few hundred years

Ocean Sediment Thickness

Mud entering: 25 billion tons / year Less than 12 million years to accumulate Ocean Mud leaving: 1 billion tons / year Subducting Plate Mud: 400 meters Continent Seafloor mud accumulates too fast

Ocean Sediment Thickness Limits Ocean Floors to less than 12 million years

Seafloor sediments are young Time for deposition: Supposed to be 3 billion years Actually less than 12 million years Could be much younger

Rotation of the Sun’s surface Particles leaving the center slow down the rotation of the outer layers. This would stop the outer rotation. Limits Solar system to less than 1 million years

Missing Helium in Atmosphere Produced by radioactivity in the crust.

Missing Helium in Atmosphere Produced by radioactivity in the crust. Escaping to space

Salt in the Dead Sea Limits Dead Sea to under 13,000 years

Too much dust in near space Limits the Solar System to a few thousand years

The Magnetic Field is weakening It may be gone in 1,200 years. 50,000 yrs ago the magnetism would be so great that life would cook. Limits Solar system to under 10,000 years

Frequent returning comets

Limits Solar system to under 10,000 years

Uranium in the Oceans Limits the Oceans to under 10,000 years

Very High Pressure in Oil Wells C 14 dates are also in the thousands of years range Shale Cap Rock Limits rock formation to under 10,000 years

A Young Earth? It HAS to be young because…

Meteorites in Rock Layers

Meteorites are falling regularly now. If rock layers took millions of years to form, then... These rock layers should have holes everywhere in them with meteorites at the bottom of the holes However, meteorites are extremely rare in layered rock!

Undisturbed Layer Contacts

Whale fossil found in diatoms

Dinosaurs

Lack of Bioturbation

Living Index fossils Coelacanth - lobe-finned fish Extintct 70 mya Neopilina - mollusk - Devonian Extinct 280 mya Lingula - brachiopod Extinct 400 mya Pterobranch (hemichordate) Extinct 300 mya = most important fossil for the lower Paleozoic

Lack of Bioturbation

Polystrate Fossils Coalified log in Australia

Lack of Soil Layers in Rocks Shouldn’t this be found in many layers of rocks in the Grand Canyon?

Coal Radioholos

Oop-Art 312 million yr old coal?

Carl Baugh 312 million years

Folded Rock Layers

Coal

Thick pure layers of coal It takes about 10 feet of dead plants To make 1 foot of coal There are pure layers In Utah almost 200 feet thick !

Dinosaur footprints in coal

Lewis Overthrust Fault lack crumbled rocks at the fault

Lewis Overthrust Fault 3,000 thick -Traveled 35 miles to the East!

Rocks at the Lewis Overthrust

A model representing Time according to Evolutionists 150 feet

A model representing Time according to Evolutionists

100’s Physical processes

Methods supporting 4.5 billion year old Earth Methods supporting much younger than 4.5 billion A B C D E

Originally written by GOD’S OWN HAND ! Exodus 31:17 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Dominos

I think I found my great grandfather’s house about 1875 Great Grandpa ?

Letters spell different words Hatred Dread Evil Live Object carved to see different things on different sides A cube with one shape cut in one side that looks like one thing and a shape of another thing cut in the other side.