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Problems with the radioactive dating methods: By Dr. Jay L. Wile

IS RADIOACTIVE DATING
ACCURATE?

What do the scientific facts reveal?

 The fact that radioactive isotopes decay at a
measurable rate allows scientists ...

Carbon 14 Dating
 The best way to examine the
strengths and weaknesses of
radioactive dating is to examine
one of t...

Organisms continually exchange Carbon 14
 Living organisms continually
exchange Carbon 14 with
their surroundin...

At Death Carbon 14 Begins Decreasing
 When an organism dies
the Carbon 14 exchange
ceases. The amount of
Carbon...

How does it worK?

 If we know how much
Carbon 14 was in the
organism when it died, and
if we can measue the
amou...

Assumptions: If we knew how much?
 The problem lies in figuring out how much
Carbon 14 was in the organism when it died...

Prior to first Atomic Bomb
 Atom Bombs increase the
amount of Carbon 14 in
the atmosphere.
Scientists assume that
the...

Calculations

 When the age of a dead organism is being
measured with Carbon 14 dating, we assume
that the amount of ...

Is the Assumption Accurate?
 The age we get from this process is completely
dependent on the assumption we made about
...

Tree Ring Dating & Carbon 14
 Through a process involving tree rings, there is
a way to measure the amount of Carbon 14...

Carbon Dating with Tree Rings
 Through a complicated process scientists can
measure the amount of Carbon 14 in a tree
...

3000 year old tree rings
 Scientists have studied the Carbon 14 content in
tree rings as much as 3000 years old. From t...

Why Most?
 Since we can determine the amount of Carbon 14
in the atmosphere during the past using tree rings,
we can ...

Radioactive Dating Curve

3000 years or younger = accurate
 The Carbon 14 dating can be believed for
organism that have been dead for 3000 years
...

Important Initial Assumptions

 Radioactive dating involves a pretty important
initial assumption. If the assumption is...

Have half-lives remained constant?
 Another assumption made is
believing that the half-lives of
radioactive isotop...

Studies in Flood Geology
 Based on these facts, it´s not
surprising that radioactive dates are
often found to be in c...

Wrong Dates From Mt. St. Helen´s Lava

Belief Systems Cloud Inadequacies
 Many in the scientific community are unwilling to
admit to the inadequacies of radio...

Different Mindsets- Different Conclusions

Hopefully, as time goes on, this unfortunate situation will
change and e...

References

 Dr. Jay L. Wile, Exploring Creation with
Physical Science, 2nd Edition, pages 334-336.
 Google Images: fo...

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