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Assumptions and the Age of the Earth
[EDITOR’S
NOTE: The following article was written by A.P. staff scientist Dr.
Houts who holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and serves as
the Nuclear Research Manager for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.]
Scientific advances continue to confirm the Bible in all areas where
science can be applied. Advances in life science have shown that even
the simplest life is vastly more complicated than anything humans have
ever made, and believing life could somehow “make itself” is more absurd
than believing a space shuttle could do the same (Miller, 2013).
Research related to the human genome has uncovered the incredible
complexity of DNA, and the idea that random mutations followed by
natural selection could somehow turn a single cell into all of the
different forms of life we see around us is being further discredited
each day (Sanford, 2008). In these areas (and others) it is obvious that
true science is the Christian’s friend, and the enemy of religions that use evolution as their foundation.
Because true science continues to discredit the Theory of Evolution,
atheists have been forced to focus discussion on topics where
conclusions are drawn primarily based on the assumptions that are made,
and not on actual science. If an unsuspecting individual can be
convinced to accept atheistic assumptions, they can then often be
convinced that atheism may be true or, at least, that portions of the
Bible may be false.
One example is the subject of “age.” When one examines the subject, it
becomes clear that all dating methods rely on assumptions that may or
may not be correct. Because all dating methods ultimately rely on
assumptions that cannot be empirically proven, the battle is no longer a
scientific one (where the atheist or agnostic would lose), but a battle
to convince individuals (and society) to accept atheistic assumptions
without question. Within groups already dedicated to finding an
atheistic explanation for the Universe and everything in it, the atheist
has the upper hand.
Assumptions Related to Carbon Dating
An excellent example of the importance of assumptions is Carbon-14
dating. In a nutshell, if a person assumes the Bible is false, Carbon-14
dating can be used to “show” the Bible is false. If a person assumes
the Bible is true, then Carbon-14 dating is shown to be consistent with
the biblical account.
More specifically, an atheist will usually assume that the Earth is
billions of years old, and that uniformitarianism has generally
prevailed. Although minor adjustments are allowed, an atheist would also
typically assume that there have been no large scale changes in the
atmospheric ratio of Carbon-14 to carbon (
14C/C; currently about one part per trillion) for at least the past several hundred thousand years.
From a Christian perspective, the Bible makes it clear that the Earth
was created a few thousand years ago. In addition, a global flood
occurred within the past 5,000 years. Uncertainties in the distribution
and concentration of Carbon-14 at the end of Creation week, coupled with
the potential for significant (two orders of magnitude) changes in
Carbon-14 concentration caused by removal of carbon from the biosphere
during the Flood, make it impossible to estimate Carbon-14
concentrations in the atmosphere much before a few centuries after the
Flood. Additional uncertainties are added due to changes in the Earth’s
magnetic field, the Sun’s magnetic field, the cosmic ray flux reaching
the Earth’s atmosphere, and other factors which can dramatically affect
Carbon-14 production rates.
To estimate the age of a carbon containing sample, the standard equation C = C
o (e
-λt) is used, where C is the currently measured Carbon-14 (
14C) concentration; C
o is the
14C concentration at the time of an organism’s death (assumed); e is the base of natural logarithms (2.71828);
λ is 0.6931 divided by the half-life of
14C; and
t is time. Solving the equation for time (given the current
14C half-life of 5,730 years), one obtains
t = ln(C/C
o)/-0.000121, where “
t” is the time in years since the source of the carbon in the sample died.
The importance of the assumptions that are used to date a specimen can
be demonstrated as follows. Suppose a carbon containing sample is found
with a Carbon-14 concentration 2% that of today. Using the typical
atheistic assumptions stated above, the age would be calculated as
t
= ln(0.02)/-.000121 = 32,330 years. However, if biblically consistent
assumptions are made, a significantly different age would be estimated.
For example, if a reasonable assumption was made concerning potential
effects of the Flood (for instance, that near the time of the Flood C
o was 1/30
th that of today), then the same measured data would yield an age of t = ln(0.02/0.0333)/-.000121 = 4,210 years.
From the same measured
14C/C ratio, one could either make
atheistic assumptions and obtain a biblically inconsistent date, or make
biblically consistent assumptions and obtain a biblically consistent
date. The same measured data yields a non-biblical date (32,330 years)
if the Bible is presupposed to be wrong (i.e., no Flood and no recent
Creation) and a biblically consistent date (4,210 years) if potential
effects from even a single biblical event are taken into account.
In addition to the Flood, there are numerous other factors that could affect C
o
in artifacts created near the time of the Flood. For example, the total
energy in the Earth’s magnetic field has been measured to be decreasing
with time (Humphreys, 1984). The Earth’s magnetic field shields the
Earth from cosmic rays that form Carbon-14 in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The stronger the magnetic field, the fewer cosmic rays enter the Earth’s
atmosphere, and the lower the amount of Carbon-14 produced. The
stronger magnetic field of the past could thus cause carbon-dated
objects (using atheistic assumptions) to have a calculated age older
than reality. It is also impossible to determine how much (if any)
Carbon-14 was present in the original Creation, and if Carbon-14 was
present, how it was initially distributed.
From a biblical perspective, the Flood was the most recent physical
event that would have had a significant effect on the ratio of
14C/C.
Consequently, the effect of assumptions on samples created more than a
few centuries after the Flood are greatly reduced. Once the
14C/C
ratio had time to stabilize following the Flood, both biblical models
and atheistic models would use the same assumption for the initial
condition, i.e., that the
14C/C ratio was about the same when the sample was formed as it is today.
Biblical and secular written records generally agree, and when there
are disagreements, an assumption is made as to which source to believe.
For very old objects, some archeological dating methods (including
pottery styles, burial layer, etc.) give biblically inconsistent dates.
However, most of these methods are ultimately calibrated to Carbon-14
dating. If the Carbon-14 dates are wrong (due to incorrect assumptions
applied to the initial
14C/C ratio), then the dating methods
calibrated to those dates will also be wrong. Attempts have also been
made to use tree ring patterns for calibration, but those are also
influenced by assumptions, especially if the potential for sub-annual
tree ring growth following the Flood is taken into account (
Miller, 2014).
Assumptions Related to other Radiometric Dating Methods
Assumptions dominate other radiometric dating methods as well. For
example, secular radiometric dating methods assume that radioactive
decay rates have always been constant. In addition, assumptions are made
about the initial concentration of all of the isotopes that are
involved in the dating method, and assumptions are made about the
addition or removal of isotopes throughout the life of the sample. If
any of these assumptions is incorrect, significant errors can be
introduced into the estimated age.
Major anomalies associated with radiometric dating methods can be
resolved by biblically consistent models. For example, Carbon-14 is
found in diamonds and coal purported to be hundreds of millions of years
old. However, Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years, meaning ½ of
the atoms decay (in this case beta-decay to Nitrogen-14) every 5,730
years. It was noted by the RATE group that the detectable presence of
Carbon-14 in any sample indicates that its age is less (possibly much
less) than approximately 100,000 years; otherwise, the Carbon-14 would
have decayed below detectable levels (DeYoung, 2005, p. 175; NOTE: RATE
[Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth] refers to an eight year
research project conducted by the Institute for Creation Research). The
presence of Carbon-14 in coal and diamonds strongly contradicts
evolutionary theory, which claims that both coal and diamonds formed
millions of years ago. The “problem” (from an evolutionist’s standpoint)
of Carbon-14 in coal has also been reported by Lowe (1989, 31:117-120),
Giem (2001, 51:6-30), and others. Additional information related to
Carbon-14 dating and anomalies is given in Batten, 2002.
Attempts to resolve the contradiction between measured Carbon-14
concentration and assumed age include postulating potential
contamination of samples, errors with the equipment used to detect
Carbon-14, and
in-situ production of Carbon-14 from the decay
of uranium or thorium mixed with the sample. Contamination and equipment
error have been ruled out, and current decay rates are orders of
magnitude lower than those required to make
in-situ production a
viable explanation (Jull, 1985, 20:676). However, if radioactive decay
rates were greatly accelerated (by a factor of a billion or more) during
Creation week or the Flood, then additional investigation could be
warranted to determine if
in-situ production of Carbon-14 could be a potential explanation for at least some of the Carbon-14 in coal and diamonds.
Other observations made by the RATE group are also consistent with
periods of greatly accelerated radioactive decay during Creation week or
the Flood. One of the findings of the RATE group was excess helium
retention in zircons. This finding indicates that based on measured
helium diffusion rates, the observed radioactive decay in zircons must
have occurred within the past several thousand years. If it had taken
longer, the helium generated via alpha decay would have diffused out of
the zircons. The group’s observation is that significant radioactive
decay has occurred, and it has occurred recently (DeYoung, p. 176).
An additional finding of the RATE group is that ages estimated using
parent isotopes that undergo beta decay tend to be significantly
different (younger) than ages estimated using parent isotopes that
undergo alpha decay. This could suggest that whatever mechanism God used
to change decay rates during Creation week and around the time of the
Flood had a different effect on alpha emitters than it did on beta
emitters (DeYoung, p. 121). The RATE group has also performed research
related to radiohalos, fission tracks in zircons, and potential
mechanisms for alleviating issues (such as high heating rates)
introduced by accelerated radioactive decay (pp. 174-183). Among other
implications, the observations of the RATE group indicate that
assumptions used in radiometric dating may be false, and that ages
estimated through use of radiometric dating may be incorrect by several
orders of magnitude.
In addition to recent research performed by both Christian and secular
scientists alike, other lines of evidence have been known for years that
are consistent with a relatively recent Creation (Humphreys, 2000).
These include the rate at which galaxies “wind up” (too fast for long
ages), the amount of mud on the seafloor (too little), the amount of
sodium in the sea (too little), the rate at which the Earth’s magnetic
field is decaying (too fast), the number of stone age skeletons (too
few), the development of agriculture (too recent), and numerous others.
Biblically based theories also exist for interpreting what we observe in
the Universe, given a relatively recent Creation (e.g., Humphreys,
1994;
Thompson,
2004; Faulkner, 2013). Other biblically consistent interpretations have
also been proposed (Williams and Hartnett, 2005, p. 180).
Assumptions Related to the Origin of the Universe
Assumptions related to “age” are not limited to radiometric dating
methods. Perhaps some of the most egregious assumptions are associated
with the “Big Bang” theory, the current attempt to develop an atheistic
explanation for the origin of the Universe.
Serious contradictions between the predictions of the Big Bang theory
and actual astronomical observations have been known for decades. By the
mid-1970s, the evidence against the theory had become so overwhelming
that “explanations” were required. “Dark matter” and “dark energy” were
contrived, and initially said to make up 50% of the Universe. That
number has since grown and, at present, a total of 96% of the Universe
needs to be made of dark matter and dark energy in order to preserve the
Big Bang theory.
Christians and non-Christians alike readily acknowledge that dark
matter and dark energy are merely hypothetical entities that, by
definition, cannot be directly observed. For example, former NASA
administrator Mike Griffin once asked the value of “discovering that
literally 95% of the Universe consists of dark energy or dark matter,
terms for things that we as yet know nothing about? But they make up 95%
of our Universe” (Griffin, 2007). He went on to write that someday we
may learn to harness these “new things.” When asked about dark energy,
physicist Michael Turner of the University of Chicago quipped: “The only
thing we know about dark energy is its name” (Griffin, 2007).
While dark matter and dark energy have been given specific properties,
those properties were specifically chosen to help resolve serious
problems with the Big Bang. Additionally, dark matter and dark energy
can be distributed throughout the Universe in any fashion desired. When
observations are still contradicted, concepts such as “dark flow” and
“dark light” can be invoked. Other contradictions are resolved by
concepts such as “inflation,” which in themselves are merely conjectures
aimed at resolving other serious problems with the Big Bang.
With this approach, any set of data can be claimed to support any
theory desired. All that is required is the judicious use of “fudge
factors.” Consider this mathematical analogy: one could predecide that
100 must be the answer to the question, “what does X + Y equal?” Values
for “X” could then be sought, and no matter what values for “X” were
found, a value for “Y” could be chosen to obtain the desired answer. In
the analogy, “X” is actual astronomical observations, “100” would be the
desired answer (support for the Big Bang theory), and “Y” is the fudge
factors (dark matter, dark energy, inflation, etc.) needed to make the
equation true. The
actual astronomical observations
(“X”) become somewhat irrelevant, because no matter what data is taken,
“Y” (the fudge factors) can be chosen to claim the observations support
the Big Bang theory.
Circular reasoning is then invoked to pretend the approach is valid.
For example, in the case of the Big Bang theory, maps showing the
location of dark matter have been developed. In reality, all these maps
show is the specific ways dark matter must be invoked to avoid
contradictions between actual observations and the Big Bang theory.
Christians are not the only ones who have noticed the non-scientific
nature of the Big Bang theory. For example, in the May 22, 2004 issue of
New Scientist, an open letter to the scientific community
appeared written primarily by secular scientists
(cosmologystatement.org). The letter was subsequently signed by hundreds
of other scientists and professors at various institutions. Two
representative paragraphs from the letter are as follows.
The big bang today relies on a growing number of hypothetical entities, things that we have never observed—inflation, dark matter and dark energy are the most prominent examples. Without them, there would be a fatal contradiction between the observations made by astronomers and the predictions of the big bang theory. In no other field of physics would this continual recourse to new hypothetical objects be accepted
as a way of bridging the gap between theory and observation. It would,
at the least, raise serious questions about the validity of the
underlying theory.
What is more, the big bang theory can boast of no quantitative predictions
that have subsequently been validated by observation. The successes
claimed by the theory’s supporters consist of its ability to
retrospectively fit observations with a steadily increasing array of
adjustable parameters, just as the old Earth-centered cosmology of
Ptolemy needed layer upon layer of epicycles (Lisle, 2008, p. 103, emp.
added).
Although the signers of the letter were not necessarily endorsing
biblically based theories, unlike atheistic theories, biblically based
theories are very consistent with astronomical observations (Faulkner,
2013; Humphreys, 1994).
Adherence to Faulty Assumptions Hinders True Science
Tremendous spiritual damage is done by the promotion of atheism through
the pretense of atheistic theories being scientific. Ironically,
though, the strict adherence to atheistic theories (regardless of
countering evidence) also does tremendous damage to the advancement of
science.
For example, for a secular theory of cosmology to be considered, it
must adhere to atheistic (and non-scientific) tenets such as the
“Copernican Principle,” which essentially states that Earth cannot be at
a special location within the Universe. That principle drives not only
fundamental assumptions behind the Big Bang theory, but the means by
which alternative theories can be seriously pursued.
Consider the August 2009 paper published in the
Proceedings of the National Academies of Science and quoted in the popular press, including
USA Today (Vergano, 2009):
Mathematicians have come up with an answer Monday for the mystery of
“dark energy” tearing the universe apart at an accelerating rate. It
ain’t there. Blake Temple and Joel Smoller suggest that “expanding
waves” from the Big Bang “are propelling the trillions of galaxies
filling the universe apart…. Dark energy is an illusion if their
equations are right.” However, “the only problem is that for the
equations to work, we must be ‘literally at the center of the
universe’...” says physicist Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University
in Tempe. I think this is plausible mathematics, but it doesn’t seem
physically relevant.
Science News publicized an analogous article from
Physical Review Letters in 2008, stating:
If Earth and its environs are centered in a vast,
billion-light-year-long bubble, relatively free of matter, in turn
surrounded by a massive, dense shell of material, then gravity’s tug
would cause galaxies inside the void to hurtle toward the spherical
concentration of mass, say theorists Robert Caldwell of Dartmouth
College and Albert Stebbins of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
in Batavia, Ill. That process would mimic the action of dark energy—a
local observer would be tricked into thinking that the universe’s
expansion is accelerating (Cowen, 2008).
The article further notes: “But that scenario violates the Copernican
principle, a notion near and dear to the hearts of physicists and
cosmologists, including Caldwell and Stebbins” (Cowen, 2008).
Both models eliminate the need for “Dark Energy,” the fudge factor that
accounts for 73% of the Universe according to the traditional Big Bang
theory. However, neither model has been seriously pursued because both
violate the arbitrary assumption that the Earth cannot be in a special
location (i.e., the “Copernican principle”). Many cosmologists feel a
special location would imply the existence of God.
But what if the Earth
is in a special location? The secular models described in the
Proceedings of the National Academies of Science and
Physical Review Letters
actually correspond quite well with the biblically consistent models
proposed by Russ Humphreys and others, especially when the potential
effects of gravitational time dilation are taken into account
(Humphreys, 1994; Thompson, 2004). These models explain how stars that
are billions of light years distant can be seen from an Earth that is
less than 10,000 years old, all based on a straightforward reading of
the Bible.
The assumption that radioactive decay rates have always been constant
may also be hindering scientific progress. For example, scientists have
discovered that changes in radioactive decay rates can be induced. The
June 8, 2009
CERN Courier noted:
It is a common belief that radioactive decay rates are unchanged by
external conditions, despite many examples of small shifts (particularly
involving external pressure and K-capture decays) being well documented
and understood. However, Fabio Cardone of the Institute per lo Studio
dei Materiali Nanostrutturati in Rome and colleagues have shown a
dramatic increase—by a factor of 10,000—in the decay rate of thorium-228
in water as a result of ultrasonic cavitation. Exactly what the physics
is and whether or not this sort of effect can be scaled up into a
technology for nuclear waste treatment remain open issues (Reucroft and
Swain, 2009).
Recent observations also suggest that radioactive decay rates
(typically assumed to be constant) can change due to causes that are not
yet fully understood. For example, in August 2010, a team of scientists
from Purdue and Stanford universities announced that the decay of
radioactive isotopes fluctuates in sync with the rotation of the Sun’s
core. The team has published a series of articles in
Astroparticle Physics,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, and
Space Science Reviews.
Although the measured change in decay rate is small (~0.1%), the fact
that change occurs at all is extremely significant. Team member Jere
Jenkins noted: “[W]hat we’re suggesting is that something that can’t
interact with anything is changing something that can’t be changed”
(Gardner, 2010).
When considering the effects of assumptions on the estimated age of the
Earth and Universe, it can also be instructive to look at the effects
of assumptions in other areas related to the debate between atheism and
the Bible. For example, in 2009 Richard Dawkins wrote: “What pseudogenes
are useful for is embarrassing creationists. It stretches even their
creative ingenuity to make up a reason why an intelligent designer
should have created a pseudogene…unless he was deliberately setting out
to fool us” (Dawkins, 2009, p. 332). What if scientists had believed
Dawkins, and had given up researching “pseudogenes” because those
scientists decided to assume pseudogenes were simply useless
evolutionary leftovers? Fortunately most scientists did not, and by 2012
extensive evidence had been uncovered that pseudogenes have functions
related to encoding proteins and gene expression. There is also sequence
conservation in pseudogenes. In 2012, the ongoing ENCODE project (which
includes 32 laboratories from around the world) simultaneously
published 30 scientific papers detailing new discoveries. Among their
conclusions were that “vast parts of the human genome thought to be
‘junk DNA’ are really filled with millions of cellular ‘switches’
helping choreograph the roles genes play in human life and disease,” and
that nearly all DNA “has some function in cellular creation and growth”
(Roop, 2012). With advancements in true science, the evolutionist’s
argument for assuming “junk DNA” is rapidly fading away, much as their
assumption of “vestigial organs” did in the late 20
th century.
Biblically consistent assumptions have been shown superior in other
areas as well. Models based on those assumptions have successfully
predicted the strength and behavior of planetary magnetic fields, where
secular models have failed (Humphreys, 1984). Models that take into
account effects from the global Flood are not only consistent with the
geologic record, but do an excellent job predicting the observed extent
and effects of the ice age including the ice sheets that remain today
(Oard, 2005). The biblical claim that all humans are descendants of one
man and one woman, and that “He made from one man every nation of
mankind to live on all the face of the earth” (Acts 17:26, NASB) is
fully supported by modern genetics (Purdom, 2014). The argument that
“science” somehow supports racism (directly or indirectly made by
Darwin, Haeckl, Hitler, et al.) has been thoroughly rebuffed (
Houts, 2007).
Conclusion
It is difficult to imagine how the Bible could make it any clearer that
God created the Universe in six literal days a few thousand years ago.
While apparently well meaning attempts have been made to devise
compromise positions, the technical and theological problems with these
attempts are well documented in the literature (e.g.,
Lyons, 2014;
Thompson, 2000; Sarfati, 2004;
Miller, 2012; Mortenson, 2005).
First Peter 3:14-15 states: “But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And
do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled,
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a
defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that
is in you, yet with gentleness andreverence” (NASB, emp. added).
Christians must not allow themselves to be intimidated by contemporary
human wisdom. While on the surface that “wisdom” can appear convincing,
closer examination has always supported the Bible.
The Bible also warns us not to distort Scripture in order to
accommodate contemporary human wisdom. Second Peter 3:16 states: “as
also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are
some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort,
as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction”
(NASB).
For some it can be hard to understand how the Earth can be a few
thousand years old when they have been told “science” says it is a few
billion years old. Individuals in that situation must resist the
temptation to distort Scripture in order to pretend the Bible is
consistent with that prevailing worldview. Although the distortion may
be done with the best of intentions, its end can be disastrous. Proverbs
14:12 tells us: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end
is the way of death.”
Throughout history, Christianity has been attacked in a variety of
ways. While the attack based on “age” is currently en vogue, it is
becoming easier to rebut given advances in true science. Romans 3:4
remains as true today as it was in the first century: “[L]et God be
found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, ‘that
you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged’”
(NASB).
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The
honest-hearted person who comes to recognize God’s existence and
contemplates His marvelous nature cannot help but stand in awe of His
omniscience. As the psalmist professed,
More
proof of the existence of the Master Designer comes from research
conducted by Z. Jane Wang, professor of theoretical and applied
mechanics at Cornell University (Gold, 2006). Centering on flying
systems and fluid dynamics, Dr. Wang notes that the best way to learn
about flight is by first looking at what happens naturally. Interesting. In order for the complex human mind to comprehend the principles of flight, that mind must focus on the natural order—the Creation. So mind must learn from that which, according to evolutionists, came into being and developed without any mind. Intelligence is dependent on non-intelligence. Who can believe it?