Carbon-14 Dating - Content
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... year, it's fun to celebrate birthdays. If we're not sure of someone's age, we can always check their birth certificate. But can any reliable methods determine the age of an object without a historical record? Evidence for Creation:...

Doesn't Carbon Dating Prove the Earth Is Old? - Article
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John D. Morris, Ph.D. - ... no concept in science is as misunderstood as "carbon dating." Almost everyone thinks carbon dating speaks of millions or billions of years. But, carbon dating can't be used to date either rocks or fossils. It is only useful...

Why One-Size-Fits-All Radiocarbon Dating Doesn’t Work - Radio Program
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James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - ... is more trustworthy: carbon-14 dating or reliable eyewitnesses? Conventional dating methods aren’t as straightforward as they seem. In this episode, Dr. Jim Johnson investigates Viking bones, radiocarbon dating, and how we...

Can Carbon Dating Be Trusted? - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... asserted that an old bone, shell, or piece of charcoal was carbon-dated as tens of thousands of years old? These age assignments clash with the Bible’s record, which indicates a maximum age for the universe of six or so thousand years....

Deep Time Philosophy Impacts Radiocarbon Measurements - Article
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Various Authors - ... that disparage results showing that C-14 persists in carbonaceous materials dated by secular scientists at millions of years old. Given the relatively short theoretical shelf life of C-14 of no more than 100,000 years, the presence of C-14...

Do Carbon Ages Refute a Biblical Timeline? - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... reporters and scientists treat carbon dates like facts. Of course, the more recent dates work well enough. But news reports, textbooks, and even movies present enormous ages like “47,000 BCE” all the time. Yet, the Bible...

RATE News Release - Article
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- ... of years old by evolutionists contain significant levels of carbon-14.  Since carbon-14 decays quickly, none should have been found in the diamonds if the evolutionary age is correct. For more information or to schedule a media...

Ice Age Footprints Step on Radiocarbon Results - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... dating seems like solid science. It appeals as a kind of time machine, providing a clear peephole to peer into the past. However, a new debate over ancient human footprints from New Mexico shows one way that this supposed peephole can...

Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth - Article
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Various Authors - ... discordance studies, case studies in rock dating, and carbon-14 in deep geologic strata. Each of the RATE scientists will present separate technical papers at the Fifth International Conference on Creationism on the details of this...

Seafloor Sediment Research Continues - Article
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Jake Hebert, Ph.D. - ... are exceptions, however. Since seafloor sediments contain carbon, radiocarbon dating can theoretically be used to obtain age estimates for the youngest, uppermost seafloor sediments. Likewise, secular scientists sometimes use another method to...