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Doesn't Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the bible? - Answers in Genesis

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In all cases, careful precautions were taken to<br />

elim<strong>in</strong>ate any possibility of contam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

from o<strong>the</strong>r sources. Samples <strong>in</strong> all three<br />

“time periods” displayed significant amounts<br />

of 4 C.<br />

This is a significant discovery. S<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong> halflife<br />

of 4 C is relatively short (5,7 0 years), <strong>the</strong>re<br />

should be no detectable 4 C left after about<br />

00,000 years. The average 4 C estimated age<br />

for all <strong>the</strong> layers from <strong>the</strong>se three time periods<br />

was approximately 50,000 years. However,<br />

us<strong>in</strong>g a more realistic pre-Flood 4 C / C ratio<br />

reduces that age to about 5,000 years.<br />

These results <strong>in</strong>dicate that <strong>the</strong> entire geologic<br />

column is less than 00,000 years old—and<br />

could be much younger. This confirms <strong>the</strong><br />

Bible and its age for <strong>the</strong> earth, and challenges<br />

<strong>the</strong> evolutionary idea of long geologic ages.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to RATE researchers:<br />

Because <strong>the</strong> lifetime of C- 4 is so<br />

brief, <strong>the</strong>se AMS [Accelerator Mass<br />

Spectrometer] measurements pose<br />

an obvious challenge to <strong>the</strong> standard<br />

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