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Chapter 17: More Difficulties Faced by Evolutionists
Connect…
Evolutionists use various “scientific” dating methods to determine the age of a fossil or rock they find on
Earth. These methods give them very old dates in millions of years as results. They use these methods
to support their view that the Earth is billions of years old and that there was enough time for evolution
to occur. Today, we want to look at the reliability of these “scientific” dating methods. Are the fossils
they find really that old? Are their dating methods accurate? Let’s see if we can answer these
questions….
Objectives…
1. The student should be able to explain the assumptions that form the basis of modern dating
methods.
2. The student should be able to describe various fossils whose age we know, but which are dated by
various scientific dating methods as extremely old.
3. The student should be able to describe the methods of Radioisotope Dating and how this method is
used to date fossils.
4. The student should be able to cite many illustrations of scientific dating that are inaccurate and
unreliable.
The Lesson ...
More Difficulties Faced by Evolutionists
Introduction:
In most of the major scientific publications and textbooks, on television, and in almost every major
museum and university, our students are told that the Earth is billions of years old. The age of the
universe is presented as a CONCRETE FACT! Various fossils are dated for millions of years. How do
scientists know the rocks and bones are millions of years old? Do they just make these dates up, or are
they using some good scientific method that proves their dates correct? And if they are correct, then is
not the Biblical account of creation suspect? Don’t the generations in the genealogies indicate that the
earth is relatively young (between 6,000 and 7,500 years old)? Are Christians who believe the creation
account committing mental suicide by believing in dates that are proven by science to be in error? Let’s
look at this apparent conflict today.
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