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Author Topic:   Is Radiometric Dating Really that Accurate?
wmscott
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From: Sussex, WI USA
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Message 46 of 114 (28326)
01-02-2003 4:10 PM
Reply to: Message 44 by Watson
01-02-2003 3:36 PM


Dear Watson;
First off, a meteorite 200 miles in diameter would create a very large crater and a impact event as recent as the flood, would be very conspicuous. So we have to ask, where is it? I don't believe there are any recent impact craters in such a large size range. There are no impact structures in the Atlantic at the suggested location. The stated tektite field is also unknown. The "uplifting" caused by the meteor striking a exploding volcano is another impossibility. The meteor would have exploded into a fiery rain of molten glass and rock on impact, there would have been nothing left of any size to be "uplifted." (an improvement in the theory would be to claim more than one impacting fragment as is common with comets and asteroids.) I refer to a large comet impact event on the ice sheets myself as the source of the biblical flood waters, but the basins of the great lakes are not impact structures. There were formed through movement in the earth's crust and glacial gouging. I assume you are claiming that the preflood archeology artifacts were contaminated by high levels of radioactivity that causes them to appear much older in radioactive dating tests than they really are. The problem with this of course, is that contamination of that sort would result in too much radioactive material being present compared to the amount of daughter products, which would cause an appearance of youth, not great age. Only contamination with the daughter products, such as lead instead of uranium, would create the appearance of age. Even if old material was dispersed over the earth, there still has to be a way of transporting it inside of the material such as the bone that is actually dated.
Even if many of the basic points are wrong, I still would like to commend you for a very imaginative and inventive theory. You are coving some of the same ground I went over in my search for answers to how the flood may have happened. One possibly I did come up was that the carbon trapped in glaciers is very old due to the long length of time that the ice accumulates over. A large scale release of glacial water would contain large amounts of 'old carbon' and any material exposed to soaking in such a flood, could have it's ratio of carbon effected, which could result in overly old readings. However, this would only potentially result in a skewing of some dates, it would no in any way allow for YEC since there is no way YEC can be harmonised with the evidence found since the earth is in fact very old.
I am also very interested in the 'glass rocks' you mentioned, I have found what maybe micro tektites here in Wisconsin, the two may have a common connection. so I would be happy for any information you can provide on this.
Wmscott.

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wmscott
Member (Idle past 6238 days)
Posts: 580
From: Sussex, WI USA
Joined: 12-19-2001


Message 48 of 114 (28516)
01-06-2003 4:05 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by Watson
01-04-2003 8:59 PM


Dear Watson;
The old carbon problem I mentioned, would only effect carbon dating of course, and not even all since not everything would have been exposed. I believe in the overall accuracy of absolute dating systems, I just don't believe they are always absolutely right. But what dates do you have problems with?
I checked out the post you referred to, and looked at the map of the lake bottom, and yes it does have the shape one would expect of a shallow angle impact. I will e-mail you, I would very much like to see your rock pictures. Tektites tend to be black to brown in color, so I am wondering if what you have is volcanic glass worked by glacial action. Do the glass rocks show signs of aerodynamic shaping, or are they broken fragments of larger pieces?
Why do you need
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"something collapes that, setting off earthquakes raining brimstone and causing havic."
what are you referring to?
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"Plato did say atlantis was west of the mediterranean"
Atlantis, despite the ocean being named for it, was not in the Atlantic. "Atlantis" is a mythical story perhaps based in part on stories of the preflood world that was destroyed in the deluge. There are no submerged large islands or continents in the Atlantic that would fit the Atlantis story. The sea floor between England and France was above water in the ice age, but as the sea level rose, travel to higher ground should have been possible. There are also the sea mounts off the coast of Maine, but they would have been too small and too far away to fit the story. I haven't read the Atlantis tale myself, but from what references I have read that referred to it, it sounds more like a civilization that was destroyed than a single city. Which would tend to support the theory that it is a story based on handed down tales of the destruction of the former world. But since much, and who knows just how much, is mythical, we don't know what if anything is factual in the story of Atlantis. Unless supporting evidence can be found, I regard the story as just a myth that may or may not have some references to actual past events.
--Wmscott.

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wmscott
Member (Idle past 6238 days)
Posts: 580
From: Sussex, WI USA
Joined: 12-19-2001


Message 51 of 114 (29205)
01-15-2003 4:53 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Watson
01-11-2003 2:21 PM


Dear Watson;
There have been articles written about Atlantis being found in a number of different places all over the globe, but no solid evidence supporting human habitation at any of the supposed sites has turned up that I know of.
Despite many SciFic movies on this theme over the years, radiation doesn't cause excessive growth. If any thing the reverse is true, for example radioactive iodine can cause cancer in the thyroid gland which is the source of human growth hormone, disruption of production of this hormone will result in a lack of growth or a stunting in size. Perhaps you are thinking of the 'preflood giants' that scripturally never existed but came into being when the KJV mistranslated the word "Nephilim" as "giants" and thus a myth was born.
Many primitive people used meteor iron as a source of metal, trace amounts of radiation if present would have little or no effect on dating their bones since the material was not ingested. Exposure through handling would have little effect on their bone composition. Also few people in a tribe that happened to process meteor iron into spear points or tools would actually come into contact with the items. The women for example would not have any contact with smelting or hunting weapons, and if there was an age effect, this would result in some bones having very different ages despite being found in a common grave, an effect that has not been found. Personally I believe ground water contamination is the largest source of dating problems, and not being a YEC I have few problems with dating of things in general.
--WmScott

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wmscott
Member (Idle past 6238 days)
Posts: 580
From: Sussex, WI USA
Joined: 12-19-2001


Message 52 of 114 (29206)
01-15-2003 4:55 PM
Reply to: Message 50 by Percy
01-15-2003 10:01 AM


Percy!
You shouldn't be calling people names, they certainly could do the same in return and do you really want to start that sort of low brow school yard exchange? You should learn to respect other peoples opinions even if you believe they are dead wrong, after all, they may believe the same about yours. You gain nothing by making personal attacks, the negativity shown is more revealing about the lack of character of the attacker than any short comings of the victim.
Watson has some interesting ideas that I do not happen to agree with, but that does not mean they are without any merit. I would like to hear more of what he has to say, and you never know, he may have found something important. I prefer to engage in a free exchange of ideas, perhaps I can help Watson to sift some of the chaff out of this theories and I may learn some things from him as well. You should never look down on others, for everyone no matter who they are, knows something that you don't.
--WmScott

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