a question for creationists...?

Question

how do you suppose physicists determined the half lives of all the elements? do you think it was just a number one scientist came up with and all the rest of the scientists on the planet just agreed on? or do you think there's a verifiable, mathematical way of determining such a thing?

dreamdress, and where do you suppose god's knowledge came from? it's a question that tears apart every creationists' arguments...

conundrum, the statistics of my body coming with a brain? let's see, based on the ratio of other healthy human beings born of healthy parents, i would guess the probability is pretty close to 1:1. now, what is the answer to my question?

jonathan, please see the following link... i thought everyone knew this.

http://www.mountain.org/education/subexplore/explore02.cfm

get a grip, for those who dispute that the earth is billions of years old, knowing the half life of an element is helpful in verifying that fact. it is estimated that nearly half of the u.s. population believes that the earth is only a few thousand years old.

kenny, please provide more info on this. something tells me you're not giving me the full story here. just a hunch, but i suppose i could be wrong.

adam's rib, you said:
"Does the Bible disagree with how old the earth is? Not at all. Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." It gives no information as to when he did this."
i noticed you referred specifically and sure not to go past genesis 1:1. any further reading clearly demonstrates that this indeed happened on the first day of creation.

Answer 1

i bet it was originally just a question on yahoo answers...and it was the only answer so it got best answer...and then everyone agreed.

;)

Answer 2

The half life depends upon the enviroment that the element is contained in. That being said, the earth before the flood had higher pressures, with a layer of water vapor around the earth, that blocks all forms of radiation from the sun. Also the half life of the elements would change being underwater. At the top of Mt.Everest there is sea shells, coincidence? This is evidence for the flood, and these initial atmospheric conditions.

Answer 3

What does determining the half lives of elements have to do with creation?
Yes there is a verifiable way to determine the life of the element.
SO much so that it is almost like a clock. A timing device that was set or predetermined.
Intelligent programming perhaps?

Get A Grip

Answer 4

Here is one for you......

Scientists.....not Christians have discovered that some rocks, thought to have been here from the beginning, give off the gas helium and the rate of dispertion can be measured to determine the age of the rocks.
The rate of dispersion show that the rock can be no more than 6 to 8 thousand years old. Any older than that and they would be depleted of the gas.

Answer 5

No one argues the law of mathematics. But who do you think put that first thought into the first physicist,s head? All knowledge comes from God.

Answer 6

It's not so much that a scientist "determined" the half life for each element. The half life was predetermined. The scientist's role is one of discovery and verification.

Answer 7

I'll answer that, but only after you tell me the statistical possibility that your body came with a brain...
...no such luck... LOL!

Answer 8

It just adds up

Answer 9

LOL,
Good one!
I can't wait to read the answers. How much do you want to bet there is at least one that has to do with the "scientific conspiracy" theory?

Answer 10

You are asking them to think, and they have been taught not to think. But their answers might be interesting.....after all, we all can use a bit of laughter.