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| | * ''Leading creationists know that what they promote is wrong, so they are liars.'' | | * ''Leading creationists know that what they promote is wrong, so they are liars.'' |
| | : Accusations like this are rarely backed by any evidence of systematic lying. | | : Accusations like this are rarely backed by any evidence of systematic lying. |
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| − | == Arguments for a recent creation ==
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| − | [[Image:Roth-01.gif|right|thumb|350px|The arrows point to [[Paraconformity|paraconformities]] at the [[Grand Canyon]].]]
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| − | Many arguments for a recent creation have been put forward by creationary scientists, both scientific and theological arguments.
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| − | Scientific arguments include [[radiometric dating]] results that disagree with secular ages, other dating methods that do not fit with secular ages, and phenomena showing events that occurred quickly.
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| − | There should be virtually no <sup>14</sup>C present in carbon supposedly older than 100,000 years, yet it has proved impossible to find any such carbon without <sup>14</sup>C.
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| − | Dating methods don't have to be based on radioactivity.
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| − | Measuring the amount of [[sodium]] in sea water, for example, and calculating how long it would take to reach those levels is another method.
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| − | Yet calculations show that the amount of sodium could not have taken longer than 62 million years to accumulate, well short of the 3,000 million year supposed age of the oceans.
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| − | [[Polystrate fossil]]s demonstrate that many layers of sedimentary rock that are normally supposed to take a long time to form can be formed quite quickly.
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| | == Adherents of Young Earth Creationism == | | == Adherents of Young Earth Creationism == |