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Author Topic:   Validity of Radiometric Dating
ringo
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Message 12 of 207 (730338)
06-27-2014 12:15 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Faith
06-27-2014 11:50 AM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
Faith writes:
If the earth really is only 6000 years old, and there was a worldwide Flood about 4300 years ago, what would that do to your dating methods?
If the cart was in front of the horse it would tend to jackknife.
If the dating methods (dozens of them) were all wrong, then the science behind them would also be wrong. Chemistry and physics would be out the window.
You really can't cherry-pick the parts of science you want to reject.

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Message 25 of 207 (730351)
06-27-2014 1:17 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by Faith
06-27-2014 1:12 PM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
faith writes:
No way does a stack of disparate sediments represent time periods, that's nuts, nothing sensible about it.
We all did the experiment when we were eight years old: a handful of dirt in a jar, fill it with water, shake and let it settle. It proves that all of the strata we observe could not be deposited in one event. Sequences of strata sorted by density require sequences of events. The flood scenario doesn't work.

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Message 34 of 207 (730360)
06-27-2014 1:31 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by Faith
06-27-2014 1:27 PM


Re: bump for another Faith thread to discuss radiometric dating
Faith writes:
But this has been said a million times already.
Yes, and you've been shown where you are wrong every time. If a flood can produce the layers we see, creationists should be able to do an experiment to replicate the layers. Why don't they?

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ringo
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Message 68 of 207 (733348)
07-16-2014 1:06 PM
Reply to: Message 65 by mram10
07-16-2014 11:31 AM


Re: why wiki may be a poor source
mram10 writes:
There are not many TRUE scientists that seek truth. As you have seen here, true science is discouraged if you disagree.
That's false.
Science depends entirely on disagreement. Scientists try to falsify their own hypotheses - if they don't, somebody else might do it for them and make them look bad.
mram10 writes:
I have many questions that have not been logically explained by secular science.
I would suggest that all of your questions have been answered many times; you just don't know the answers yet.

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ringo
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Message 85 of 207 (733456)
07-17-2014 11:53 AM
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07-17-2014 12:21 AM


Re: why wiki may be a poor source
mram10 writes:
I mentioned piltdown, nebraska, etc being found to be flawed....
The information on Piltdown Man and Nebraska Man is readily available on the Internet. Only the most ignorant of the ignorant creationists use them as examples any more.
mram10 writes:
Every time I have questioned macro ev, I get the "you must be a ...." treatment.
Well, nobody but a creationist makes a distinction between macro and micro. There's no reason to.
mram10 writes:
Again, there are very few TRUE scientists in MY EXPERIENCE.
Talking about "true" scientists is another giveaway. The real true scientists are the ones who do science. The people creationists call TRUE scientists are not.
FYI, we have a member in this very thread who uses radiometric dating in his daily work. You might do well to ask questions about how it works before you start questioning its validity or its conclusions.

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ringo
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Message 88 of 207 (733461)
07-17-2014 12:36 PM
Reply to: Message 87 by New Cat's Eye
07-17-2014 12:29 PM


Re: why wiki may be a poor source
Catholic Scientist writes:
The college textbook that we used for the course I took on human evolution distinguished between microevolution and macroevolution.
I'm trying to think of a way to rephrase. Hmm....
How about: Nobody but a creationist thinks there's a fundamental difference between micro and macro.
For example, nobody thinks there's a fundamental difference between a driveway and a highway but most people would agree that there's a difference in scale.

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ringo
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Message 95 of 207 (733492)
07-17-2014 3:54 PM
Reply to: Message 94 by NoNukes
07-17-2014 3:45 PM


Re: why wiki may be a poor source
NoNukes writes:
Creationist insist that micro-evolution is evolution from wolves to dogs, however slow, and does occur, while macro-evolution is evolution of say a land animal-kind to a whaley-kind, and cannot occur cause you did not see it.
Nobody saw the wolves to dogs evolution either, so they're shooting themsleves in the foot.

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ringo
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Message 198 of 207 (832760)
05-09-2018 3:20 PM
Reply to: Message 197 by Phat
05-09-2018 11:11 AM


Re: why wiki may be a poor source
Phat writes:
Well we all disagree a lot around here. Maybe that makes us all scientists~!
No, it isn't the disagreement that makes science. It's trying to figure out which side of the disagreement - if either - is correct.

An honest discussion is more of a peer review than a pep rally. My toughest critics here are the people who agree with me. -- ringo

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