Is this another inaccurate test evolution uses?

Question

The evolutionist wants to pressure you psychologically to try to show you that somehow the intelligent majority somehow believe in the accuracy of science and the falsehood of the scriptures when in actuality most of the intelligent men/women are turning in awe to the flawlessness of creation.One example they use to test a rock for age.Before they can calculate the age of a rock from its measured chemical composition, they must assume what radioactive elements were in the rock when it formed.Then, depending on the assumptions they make, they can obtain any date they like.

It may be surprising to learn that evolutionary geologists themselves will not accept a radiometric date unless they think it is correct—i.e. it matches what they already believe on other grounds. It is one thing to calculate a date. It is another thing to understand what it means. Another inaccurate test of the evolutionist? Please ask Jesus into your life today to forgive you and he will give you peace and life.

Answer 1

More half truths and downright falsehoods. You lot are consistent at least.

Answer 2

I like to believe that the majority of Christians are reasonable enough to accept that the overwhelming evidence in favor of the theory of evolution and against young earth creationism doesn't threaten their religion in any way. What it threatens, rather, is a rigid, literal interpretation of The Bible. If you really believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old, and that dinosaurs either didn't exist or lived at the same time as humans, and that all life is now as it always has been, you're failing to use the intellect, curiosity, and reasoning that God supposedly gave you.

I would like to believe that most Christians are reasonable, thinking people, and that only a few out-there fundamentalists with very loud voices are making the rest of them look bad.

I'm not sure that I do believe that.

So, no, this is not another "inaccurate test" that evolution "uses." For one thing, evolution uses nothing; it's a scientific theory, not a platform, a movement, a religion, or a philosophy. Just a scientific theory. Likely a very accurate one, but nothing more.

There are no evolution goon squads coming to take your Bible away. There are no secular humanist guerrillas waiting to ambush you on your way to church. The fear of science is the fear of losing your comfortable, static world view that protects you from reality.

Stop being afraid of science. Stop being afraid of reality. Stop spreading lies, ignorance, and misinformation. At the very least, accept that there is some discrepancy between what The Bible literally says, and what science has almost certainly proven to be true, and that it is possible that both are, in a sense, "true." Just ask God when you die what it all means, and stop worrying so much about it in the mean time.

Answer 3

It's life, Captain, but not as we know it. Read your own question and tell me if you see anything wrong with it. No? Okay, I'll point it out for you. In simple terms, white, black, brown, yellow, red or blue with pink polka dots; WE ARE ALL ONE RACE: Homo Sapiens. We all evolved from the same root: primates. And we are ALL on the same branch of the evolutionary tree. What did you think? That some people are Homo Sapiens, some Neanderthal and some Homo Erectus? Or maybe some even further back - Australopithecine? And "racism" ("colourism" would be a more appropriate term) IS wrong. All bigotry is wrong, whoever it may be directed against.

Answer 4

Rocks don't evolve, but they're smarter than Creationists. The radiometric measuments are based on the ratio of radioisotopes to their decay products. The method is sound whether you choose to face facts or not.

Answer 5

Sorry,
Wanting it to be true doesn't help. There is not "assumption" made about the composition of the rocks - it is easily measured. The pathways from starting materials to materials produced by decay (e.g. Rubidium/Strontium) are very well understood for all of the many radioactive dating approaches. They can be considered independent clocks, each understood on its own, that give exactly consistent ages of things such as the earth and rocks sandwiching fossils.

If you have a journal to cite, please do - otherwise, please keep your misinformation to yourself.

Answer 6

I couldn't even make it past the first sentence. People are "turning in awe to the flawlessness of creation"? Where exactly is that happening? Not among scientists, that's for sure.

Answer 7

Excuse me but what does geology have to do with biology?

Sounds to me like you're implying that there's a consipiracy going on throughout the scientific community...

Answer 8

Yes, Highly inaccurate, after all, science is out there just to prove Christianity wrong. If Christians say something, scientists spend all their effort and time trying to prove them wrong no matter what. They don't do accurate tests, experiments, or anything that is right. They only try to prove that a religion is wrong. For example, if a Christian says, "the world was made in 7 days" scientists try to prove that it wasn't using false tests. Scientists don't care about what is true!! They only care about what is wrong with Christianity!! if you are still reading this and think I'm right, I feel really bad for you.

Answer 9

There is no such thing as an "evolutionist". Evolution is not a religion or a belief system, it is established and well-supported by evidence. Creation is a myth.

Answer 10

Prove it. Prove that more people are becoming religious. Prove that God exists. Prove that scientists lie. Prove that we were created out of dirt. Prove it.

P.S.- all scientists have agreed on a method to determine somethings age, even creationist scientists. That's a dumb example.

P.P.S.- why are you trying to convert me? I am HAPPY and PEACEFUL and FULL OF LIFE without religion.

Answer 11

What does evolution have to do with radiometric dating? Oh that's right, nothing! One is biology, the other geology. Please learn the distinction before you throw them both out the window in favor of your Bronze Age superstitions.