Radiometric dating gives unreliable results

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 External Links 6 See Also 7 Acknowledgements

Claim

Radiometric dating gives unreliable results.

Source

• Scott M. Huse, The Collapse of Evolution, Chick Publications, 1984

Responses

1. If one uses radiometric dating instruments improperly, such as using Carbon-14 to date fossil coal, then one can not expect to get reliable results. Creationists apply the methods to objects where they cannot work and get the expected wrong results.
2. Even if a few dating experiments are inaccurate, one cannot assume all dating methods are unreliable. To do so would be a hasty generalization akin to assuming that all the world's clocks are wrong simply because your wristwatch stopped.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Suppressed Evidence (explanation and evidence supporting reliability of radiometric dating is ignored)
• Hasty Generalization ('if a few tests are unreliable, all are unreliable')

External Links

• Mark Isaak's page for this claim [1]
• CreationWiki's comments [2]
• Thompson, Tim, 2000. A radiometric dating resource list. [3]
• Wiens, Roger C., 1994, 2002. Radiometric Dating: A Christian Perspective. [4]

See Also

• Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?

Acknowledgements