Do fossils come with age tags?

Question

Are they really as old as evolutionists say they are? science at this link http://www.answersingenesis.org/ tells me another story. Which one is right?

I am entitled to read any info available to me on the internet and this site is one of them. It disproves carbon dating using scientific fact. some of that fact has been discovered by evolutionists. It disproves other theories as well. Using scientific fact. Some of which was gained by evolutionists. How then can it be bias?facts are facts.Can anyone out there give me a real answer for my original question? Please!!!

Answer 1

here is a good creationist site for you that tell the truth about carbon dating:
http://answersincreation.org/radiometricdating.htm

Answer 2

Radioactive decay is an extremely accurate way to date fossil records. Since every living organism contains C14 during their natural life, at the time of their death, the C14 is no longer replenished. It decays as time goes on with a half life of 5,730 years. Therefore we are able to date fossils as far as 50,000 years old. Once time has gone to far, scientists turn to the rock layers and use the traces of Uranium and other such elements with high half life's to get a round about idea when the fossil can be dated to.

Websites like the one you cited are completely biased. They ignore actual facts, and write pages upon pages of how something is untrue without ever citing scientific evidence of why not, or an intelligent argument of the flaws. Which is interesting because on this particular site, have the reader believe that geologists do not take into account the eruptions of volcanoes adding rock layers that now appear older than the ones they sit on top of, when actually that is common knowledge among geologists and actually helps in dating rock layers. If you actually read the article, you can see the slip up they make, they take information that supports their case and eliminate all else that goes against it.

Isn't it interesting how people will lie and twist others words to support things they choose not to understand?

To TTC: You yourself are not looking at all the information. Carbon dating is a very accurate method for a number of factors. Especially the fact that nothing effects radioactive decay. It is a constant that modern science has discovered no factor for. By that I do not mean we do not understand how it is determined, but we do not know how to alter the half life of an element, and thus since we have never observed a situation in which a half life has changed, we can assume that it is not possible. Because of this, C14 dating is so accurate you would be deifying common scientific knowledge in denying it.

Answer 3

Essentially, if you consider the scientific process for measuring the age of fossils etc, then yes, they do come with an age tag. It's all to do with the breakdown of certain compounds within the fossil which allow scientists to work out the age of the fossil. These compounds break down at a specific rate that doesn't vary, that's how they can use it for measuring age. Admittedly you can't effectively date things less thatn about 16000yrs because the decay in the compounds isn't great enough to measure accurately, but beyond that through to about 3.5billion years they are pretty certain of the dating process. If you want to know more about the way they work out geologic dating try this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_dating

Answer 4

Do you really want an answer? Or is this just an attempt to give out a web address that you want ppl to see in a poorly veiled attempt at proseletyzing? If you want a real answer here you go............http://www.answersingenesis.org is a biased, scientifically corrupt website aimed at misleading the already gullible religious folks into believing they really do have the answer for everything....god. It just ain't so. Evolution is a fact and no amount of skewed xtian pseudo-science can change that. Why not open your mind to a larger view....one that includes God and evolution and stop buying into fundaMENTAL propaganda.

Answer 5

Radioactive decay gives consistent measures in most cases. Like any Creationist site, the studies are not identified, because that would allow their data to be scrutinized. Many volcanic rocks contain inclusions from older rocks so older dates are easily obtained. Some rocks have elements leached from them. These facts are frequently exploited by unethical Creationist geologists. Creationists frequently site one or two studies that are out of line with others and ignore numerous studies that are highly concordant. Geology is a sound science.

Answer 6

Try using REAL science for a change. This site is obviously biased. Yes, you can truly age fossils. Creationist "science" is a joke.

Answer 7

Ugh. Those websites are such crap. I've read them. Half the time they twist the truth and the other half they just lie. Answers in genesis is probably the best one - most of it is just truth-twisting and playing with words, not so much lying.

Answer 8

I don't have much faith in radiocarbon C14 or C12

As for those comments of bias.......what a joke. Do you think all other supportive sites are not bias? WHATEVER....the facts are facts and assumption is assumptions. Why are evolutionist so close minded to looking at all facts?

Answer 9

the carbon 14 isotope is an age tag.
very accurate as it has a measurable halflife of about 5730 years.

Answer 10

yes they do. their age tag is written inside their composition not like what you see in walmart... determining them is the question though... and dont reload your "carbon dating is inaccurate" gun yet.... there are other dating methods that suggests the earth is more than 10000 years old.