'sample' might be a better word than 'fossil', but I prefer to use the word 'fossil' as this refers to objects from the past, but the word 'sample' could refer to present objects.
Let us not argue about the word which should be used, but the point that I was making.
The point I was making is the statistical argument. If you take the fossils (or 'samples' as you prefer to call it) from a small time period and compare with a large time period, there should be more fossils from the large time period.
So basically I was comparing the number of fossils carbon dated less than 10000 years to the rest of history. If evolutionists are correct in saying that the earth is few billion years, then we are comparing a time frame which is 100000 times bigger than the past 10000 years.
In spite of the time frame being 100000 times larger, it has 10 times less fossils.
Evolutionists could defend themselves by saying, "Fossils need not be preserved, recent objects have a greater chance of being discovered by archaeologists."
Saying that a radio carbon date of 10000 years is the maximum to expect in a YEC scenario proves that PaulK doesn't understand the points I made in my website.
I assume C14 production only started on the 4th day, after trees were created. The basis of this assumption is Genesis 1 which states that the sun was created on the 4th day, and our knowledge that solar rays convert Nitrogen to C14. Using this assumption, I attempted to show that the fossils formed during the flood (which according to biblical chronology happened ~4500 years ago) would give a radio carbon age of 10000 years.
Everyone who has read the book of Genesis knows that it is stated that life began before the flood, so it is expected that there are fossils that would yield a radiocarbon date more than 10000 years.
Pls understand the contents of
http://www.geocities.com/peaceharris/c14/ before commenting
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