The Anti-theist Thread

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Khadrane


I think I said somewhere back that radiocarbon dating isn't always accurate. It's not accurate past 5,000(?) years. I would tell you the details, but as I also said before, I left my science book at home, at I won't be able to get it for awhile.

You are correct in assuming that carbon dating can not be used to date the oldest earth ROCKS (inorganic), because A) it can only used on organic matter, and B) because it only goes back 60,000 years BP. However:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq...rth.html#howold

This link explains a dating method that can go back earlier than 60,000 years. Also, at the beginning of either this thread, or the theist one, I posted other dating methods that could go back earlier.