Difference between revisions of "Radiometric dating"
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| − | Radiometric dating is using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Radiometric dating is mostly used by scientists to determine the age of rocks. However, the method is completely useless in determining the real age of rocks since the rate of radioactive decay has changed substantially since the Creation. Research by the Institute for Creation Research | + | Radiometric dating is using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref> Radiometric dating is mostly used by scientists to determine the age of rocks. However, the method is completely useless in determining the real age of rocks since the rate of radioactive decay has changed substantially since the Creation. Research by the Institute for Creation Research argues that that accelerated decay occurred during the first 2.5 days of Creation.<ref>http://creationwiki.org/Accelerated_decay</ref> This gives scientists unreasonably old dates for rocks that do not fit within the Creation model. |
Radiometric dating relies on three improvable assumptions, 1) It assumes to know the amounts of the decaying material present when the rocks were formed, 2) It assumes the decay rate has been constant and 3) It assumes there have been no outside influences affecting the amounts of parent and daughter particles in that rock, or in other words the rock has been completely isolated from any outside influences. | Radiometric dating relies on three improvable assumptions, 1) It assumes to know the amounts of the decaying material present when the rocks were formed, 2) It assumes the decay rate has been constant and 3) It assumes there have been no outside influences affecting the amounts of parent and daughter particles in that rock, or in other words the rock has been completely isolated from any outside influences. | ||
Revision as of 21:46, March 20, 2007
Radiometric dating is using a radioactive process to determine the age of an item.[1] Radiometric dating is mostly used by scientists to determine the age of rocks. However, the method is completely useless in determining the real age of rocks since the rate of radioactive decay has changed substantially since the Creation. Research by the Institute for Creation Research argues that that accelerated decay occurred during the first 2.5 days of Creation.[2] This gives scientists unreasonably old dates for rocks that do not fit within the Creation model.
Radiometric dating relies on three improvable assumptions, 1) It assumes to know the amounts of the decaying material present when the rocks were formed, 2) It assumes the decay rate has been constant and 3) It assumes there have been no outside influences affecting the amounts of parent and daughter particles in that rock, or in other words the rock has been completely isolated from any outside influences.
Since radiometric dating has been shown to give inaccurate dates for rocks of known ages it should not be used to give dates for rocks of unknown ages. In addition if an obtained 'age' does not agree with secular scientists presuppositions then the date is ignored and tests are conducted on a different part of the rock or the rock is simply said to be of 'unknown' age.
References
- ↑ Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With General Science. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000
- ↑ http://creationwiki.org/Accelerated_decay