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Originally posted by Steve: http://www.contenderministries.org/...on/carbon14.php http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections...geek991111.html Just the first couple links I found Googling. There are more if you feel so inclined. Anyways, I don't think carbon-dating is accurate enough to tell the age of the earth, because of the flaws that it inherently contains. |
Carbon dating is not nearly accurate enough to reveal the age of the earth but other methods are.
http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/g...eo102/radio.htm
Carbon-14 dating is not used for judging the age of the earth. I'm no geologist, but I know the dating methods are calibrated, verified and tested against eachother for accuracy. I can't testify to the extent of the accuracy but I have heard it is rather good.
Carbon 14 dating has proven to be quite accurate (within its limits) using corroborating evidences from other dating methods including, in some cases, information from tree rings, history books, etc.