If carbon-12 dating is untrue, would you believe in God/Creation?

Answer 1

The burden of proof is on those who insist on creationism. If a scientific theory is incorrect, it absolutely does not prove an arbitrary alternative viewpoint.

So, no.

Answer 2

carbon-12 dating is useless because that's the stable isotope of carbon. carbon-14 dating is useful as long as it's used within its range of validity. If you use it to probe the extreme past, you are extrapolating at the tail end of an decaying exponential curve. Further, it assumes that the proportion of C14 in the atmosphere has remained constant. If incoming gamma radiation was at one time much lower than it is now, objects from that time would look exceedingly old. This would be consistent with part of the Genesis account of creation. God's existence doesn't depend on C14 dating. Neither does belief in creation.

The reason creation is such a divisive issue is that it requires a Creator, to whom we would owe obedience.

Answer 3

Carbon dating has nothing to do with the 4.5 billion years age of the Earth!! Carbon dating can only be used on things a few thousands of years old. The million years ages on the geological time scale come from potassium-argon and uranium-lead radiometric dating of certain minerals. The logarithmic decay curves always converge on the same ages, which is pretty hard to explain if the ages aren't correct. A very ancient Earth is also supported by so many other lines of evidence.

But more importantly the ancient age of the earth doesn't disprove God. And if it wasn't so ancient, it wouldn't therefore follow that biblical-literalist "Creationism" was true either.

Answer 4

Carbon dating has been verified by testing on bristle-cone pine trees that are known to be 5000 years old from their tree-rings.

Yes, carbon dating can be inaccurate. Yes, it is only good for dates back in the thousands of years, BUT

It is amply good enough to prove that the world is much older than the 6000 years that creationists cling to.

Like some wally dates the world by counting generations mentioned arbitarily in the Bible, and these people believe that rather than the evidence of thousands and thousands of scientists.

That is laughable and sad at the same time, that people can be so gullible.

Answer 5

I'm am a creationalist and if you research enough you can find a few intersting facts. First the earth is not 5000 years old, the bible says so. it only says that man began 5000 years ago. it says the earth took 7 "days" to complete. The hebrew words used in the original text that was translated "day" here doesn't mean a literal day but a time period. So 7 time periods were covered. Even creationalist can't can't deny the existence of dinsosaurs, which no doubt lived many years before man. Besides what better way to fertilize the earth for man than to have billions of thousand ton dinosaurs pooping every where for a few million years?

Answer 6

No. If carbon-14 dating is inaccurate, it does not automatically follow that Creation is true. It just means that we need to look for a more accurate dating method.
Science and reason are the keys to understanding the world around us.

Answer 7

I have never heard of carbon-12 dating, so that would not make me believe in anything other than the fact that your are an uneducated, ignorant fool. Carbon-14 dating, now, but then you didn't ask that.

Answer 8

First it is carbon 14.
Second, if a carbon 14 result is wrong there are some ways to pinpoint the error.
Third, there are a lot of other evidences that the world did not start 6,000 years ago.

Answer 9

Radiocarbon 14 is good for about 15,000 years, +/- this is, according to creationist belief, older than the universe, so they must decry all forms of dating that goes back more than 6,000 years!..Getting 'stuck into' radiocarbon isotopes is a favorite of theirs, but they never provide any testable evidence to prove its wrong!..They never say 2+2=4..They cant really argue scientifically, because then they have to provide testable evidence!..The last time they did this.."The theory of Creation" in the 1970s was so absurd, that they never tryed it on again, and they never will!..All they can do, is offer 'generalisations' which has no basis in science, unless they fabricate it!

Answer 10

I do believe in God/Creation. I also accept the obvious and voluminous evidence for biological evolution. One has no bearing on the other. Truth cannot conflict with truth.