ericmurphy
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| Quote (afdave @ Nov. 16 2006,21:23) | Ok ... I'm moving too fast ... let's try again very slowly ... one point at a time ...
Point #1 - There was a Global Flood which buried massive quantities of organic material. (This has already been shown in many ways on this thread. I realize that you disagree, but that is your problem. There is probably more evidence for the Flood than for moon landings ... I believe in both BTW)
Point #2 - The Brookhaven Symposium gave two sets of organic material figures: Current and Fossil (i.e. buried by the Flood) ... Aftershave is mistaken.
Point #3 - We have no reason to believe that TOTAL C14 was significantly different prior to the Flood, therefore the C14 RATIO was much smaller. Hopefully eveyone gets this ... you are scientists, right? OK, in case you don't, remember that C14 is formed in the atmosphere from Nitrogen. It is only a function of atmospheric carbon and cosmic rays. It is NOT a function of total carbon in plants, animals, etc. IOW, there are only so many "marbles" (C14) to go around among all the organic material (marble players). Since there were so many more players, the concentration was much smaller.
Point #4 - What are some approximate figures? 176X the present amount of organic material if you exclude the sedimentary carbonates. (Again from the Brookhaven Symposium--a famous non-YEC source)
Point #5 - If we use 176X, then conventional Carbon 14 dates are horrendously wrong ... see calculations below ... |
Dave, no matter how slowly you say it, you'll still be wrong. So let me try this once again, and see if I can make it penetrate your thick, brainless skull:
THE ONLY CARBON THAT MATTERS FOR RADIOCARBON DATING IS THE CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
Is that clear? Is there any ambiguity anywhere in that simple statement? Can you not comprehend those fourteen words?
Yes? No?
So your hand-flapping out how much carbon on the planet, regardless of whether it was all buried at once during your mythical flood, or whether it was sequestered over billions of years, IS UTTERLY IRRELEVANT TO RADIOCARBON DATING.
Unless you think everyone who lived before Noah was breathing an atmosphere of 5% CO2 (and suffering the effects of a runaway greenhouse effect), your entire argument wrt radiocarbon dating IS DEAD. BURIED. KAPUT. INOPERATIVE. WRONG, WRONG WRONG.
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