The Age of the Earth We are taught that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old How do they know?

Radiometric Dating Works on the principle that radioactive elements “leak” from rocks that contain them This happens at a constant rate (from all we have observed and been told) We know that rate According to uniformitarianism, that rate has never changed

Uniformitarianism In the philosophy of naturalism, the uniformitarianism assumption is that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now, have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe. Naturalism: a philosophical worldview and belief system that holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences

Radiometric Dating (Pretend a half-life of 1 billion years—the true λ=4.5by)

It’s like this

Drippy Bucket Clock

3 Elements of The Bucket Clock 1.Rate of leak 2.Starting volume 3.Final volume Multiple clocks would agree

Tapeats Sandstone Cardenas Basalt

The Cardenas Basalt Sm-Nd1.588 B Rb-Sr1.03 B K-Ar0.516 B The differences are greater than a billion years! That’s more than 22% of the Earth’s “history”

What about Carbon-14? C-14 has a half-life of 3750 years It’s no good for OLD things Neither should it appear in OLD things… But it does! OLD things like… Coal beds Fossils Diamond

Is there other evidence that the earth is old? Yes And MOST of it relies on radiometric assumption Yes Can It Be? So Can It Be? that the Earth is young.; that is, thousands, not billions Is there another option?

How Many Animals Were on Noah’s Ark?

What does the Bible say? Two of every kind The question, then, is “What is a kind?”

Is a “kind” a species? There are an estimated 3-30 million species of animals on earth Is every “species” necessary? For example: dogs

I did the math myself Volume of the Ark: 1,518,750 cu.ft. Boxcar: 2670 cu.ft. That’s just 568 rail cars 1 box car = 55 cows 568 box cars = 31,240 cows Ave. cow 1600 lb; ave. sheep 200 lb Say 4 sheep to each 1 cow = 124,960 sheep

Results If we only needed 50,000 animals, we still have 60% of the Ark’s capacity for storage and living quarters Can It Be? So Can It Be? That the Ark really was big enough to house all those animals with supplies and 8 people for over a year?

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