The Earth Is Young š
And God said, āLet there be lights ⦠and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years.ā Genesis 1:14
Happy Saturday friends! I hope youāre ready to get technical today because Iām about to BLOW YOUR MIND with FACTS that are typically used to support old earth āscientificā models. Hereās the great thing: you donāt need to think too hard to overturn the insanity of evolution! If youād like to study things further just watch this weekās two part episode called āThe Dating Gameā on pastoraj.com (social: @pastorajplatt). As Iāve covered previously, old earth theories primarily use an ASSUMPTION that the earth is old. Itās called uniformity. Two of the most popular methods they use to āproveā millions of years are carbon 14 and potassium-argon dating. The first of which (carbon 14) has a MAXIMUM shelf life of 100,000 years. This is the ātestā they perform on once-living things. In theory, there would be ZERO carbon 14 atoms left in a once-living creature after that time. So, for starters, carbon 14 CANāT reveal millions of years by itself. And thatās where the potassium-argon test comes in. Again, in theory, once-molten rock has no argon in it when it solidifies. And since the accumulation rate of argon seems regular, āscientistsā simply count the number of particles in a given volcanic rock to determine how long itās been since it cooled off. Simple enough right? Now hereās where it all falls apart. This test OFTEN gets the dates of known examples WRONG. Seriously. If you donāt believe me just Google the problems with this method. One of the more famous examples is a piece of Mount Saint Helens (erupted in 1980) which dated to hundreds of thousands of years old. Again, look it up. There are several examples of this. Whatās the problem? Either experiments performed in a lab donāt adequately represent conditions we find in nature OR the samples we test from the earthās core come with inherited particles. Either way something is way off! But hereās the FUNNY part: dinosaur bones are NOT found in once-molten (igneous) rock. So now weāre back to square one. Dates are ASSIGNED to the flood-produced rock layers and the animals they contain based on āconventional thinking.ā While youāre letting that sink get ready to have your mind completely blown. All of the animals contained in those layers (yes, even dinosaurs) contain traces of carbon 14. You heard me right. In fact, carbon 14 is still present in fossil fuels and even diamonds. Heck, dinosaur bones still have SOFT TISSUE. Now back to my original point. How on earth can these things be millions of years old?! On earth, they canāt be. In the insane mind of an evolutionist, however, anything is possible. In that light, arenāt you glad God gave us the signs of the stars to mark days and years and that these years are an accurate portrayal of reality as the Bible plainly defines it? Certainly, real science wonāt contradict what we KNOW about the earthās age. But thatās the key. Extreme age isnāt known. Itās assumed. And thatās exactly why we can trust what Godās Word says about where and WHEN it all came to be. It came to be just a few thousand years ago ex nihilo (out of nothing) in six literal days. UNBIASED science confirms itās all very young. And since God can be right about these things donāt be afraid to trust him with your future right now!
Application: Have you ever been thrown off by others, maybe scientists, who claim the earth is extremely old?
Do you feel the age of the earth and our interpretation of the Bible is important? Also, describe one way you think these issues are important for our understanding of science.
Watch "The Dating Game" on pastoraj.com (social: @pastorajplatt) and explain how taking Godās Genesis creation account literally can be life changing for you or others!
