Transcript 1.5 Billion - Wesley Grove Chapel

Thousands Not Billions
The RATE Project
Larry Vardiman
Steven A. Austin
John R. Baumgardner
Steven W. Boyd
Eugene F. Chaffin
Donald B. DeYoung
D. Russell Humphreys
Andrew A. Snelling
A definitive resource on
radioactive dating for every
scientist’s library, whether
evolutionist or creationist.
It examines radioisotope
theory, exposes its plaguing
problems, and offers a
better alternative.
The Age Issue
• Evolution requires long
periods of time
• Some Christians have
accepted evolution
• Effect is to degrade reliability
of Scripture
• Is the earth really old?
Assumptions Of
Radioisotope Dating
• No initial concentration of
daughter element
• Constant decay rate
• Closed system
RATE Hypotheses
• Accelerated decay has
occurred during Creation, at
the Curse, and during the
Flood.
• Some daughter elements may
be primordial.
• Radioactive processes have
produced evidence of
accelerated
Helium Diffusion Rates
by D. Russell Humphreys,
Ph.D.
RATE project
Helium Experiments Give
Nuclear Evidence for a
Young World.
“1.5 billion years” of nuclear
decay occurred between 4,000
and 8,000 years ago.
Tiny “Zircon” Crystals in the Earth’s
Continental Crust Are Radioactive.
0.02
inch
Contain Uranium
and Thorium atoms
Mark Armitage
The Radioactivity Makes Helium.
U Uranium
Atomic Number: 92
Atomic Mass: 238.03
Eight
Helium
Atoms
Pb Lead
Atomic Number: 82
Atomic Mass: 207.20
The Helium Is Still in the Zircons
Radioisotope age: “1.5 Billion years”
Helium retained in Zircons
% of “1.5 Billion” years worth:
Sample
Depth
Temp. (ºC)
(meters)
Helium
(%)
1
960
105
58
2
2170
151
27
3
2900
197
17
4
3502
239
1.2
5
3930
277
0.1
Fenton Hill, New Mexico
Los Alamos geothermal site
Radiohalo Studies
by Andrew A. Snelling, Ph.D.
Conventional Age (Ma)
Isochron Discordance
by Steven A. Austin, Ph.D.
Bass Rapids
Diabase Sill
Bass
Rapids
diabase
sill
Carbon – 14 Isotopes
by John R. Baumgardner,
Ph.D.
10
Number of Samples
14
C/C Ratios Measured
in Biological
Phanerozoic Samples
8
6
Mean: 0.292
Std dev: 0.162
4
2
0
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
Percent Modern Carbon
0.6
0.7
Number of Samples
6
Coal 14C
AM S Results
5
4
Mean: 0.247
Std dev: 0.109
3
2
1
0
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Percent Modern Carbon
0.7
Theoretical Studies Of
Accelerated Decay
by Eugene F. Chaffin, Ph.D.
5e-17
4e-17
3e-17
2e-17
1e-17
9e-18
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
Biblical Word Studies
by Stephen Boyd, Th.D.
Morphological Word Study
• Statistical comparison of narrative (literal)
to poetic (allegorical) passages
• Frequency of preterite, imperfect, and
perfect verb forms
• Passages in Exodus 14 & 15, Judges 4 &
5, Genesis 1:1–2:3, Psalm 104, and the
Flood
• Highly statistically significant differences
in frequencies between narrative and
poetic
Morphological Distribution Narrative vs. Poetry (3D)
60.00
50.00
40.00
Preterite
Imperfect
Perfect
WawPerfect
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
Exo. 14 Exo.
Jdg. 4 Jdg. 5
15:1-18
Gen.
1:1-2:3
Psa.
104
Flood
Psa.
105;
106
David and Goliath
“I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts.
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand.
That all the earth may know that there is a God in
Israel.
The LORD saveth not with sword and spear.
The battle is the LORD’s.
He will give you into our hands.”
I Samuel 17: 45–47
It’s A Young
World
After All !!!
New ICR Research Projects
Research
Project
Principal
Investigator(s)
Budget for
2005/2006
Estimate for
full effort
GENE
Criswell/Sanford
$150,000
$750,000
FAST
Austin
$ 25,000
$150,000
EPIPHANY
Baumgardner
$ 50,000
$300,000
RATE II
Snelling
$ 30,000
$200,000
COSMOS
Humphreys
$ 30,000
$200,000
MISC PROJECTS
Snelling
$ 15,000
$125,000
NAUTILOID
DOCUMENTARY
Rasche/Austin
$100,000
$125,000
GENE
DOCUMENTARY
Rasche/Criswell
_____________
$125,000
A definitive resource on
radioactive dating for every
scientist’s library, whether
evolutionist or creationist.
It examines radioisotope
theory, exposes its plaguing
problems, and offers a
better alternative.
Challenging an Icon
of Evolution!
Thousands...Not Billions
Conference
Saturday, November 5, 2005
Shadow Mountain
Community Church
El Cajon, CA
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