Reasons to Doubt Secular Ages
Secular scientists—those who discount miracles and Genesis history—constantly reiterate that science proves millions and billions of years. But those who make this assertion either ignore or have never heard contrary evidence or the faulty assumptions that should give open-minded researchers reason to pause.
The articles below explore conflicts between secular age-dating results, as well as evidence from science and logic that refute millions-of-years age assignments.
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