Is the Universe Really Billions of
Years Old
or
Could It Be Young?
Radio Tower Analogy
Geology
Astronomy
Biology
Evolution
Evolution
Evolution
II Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Big Picture
PBS Special: EVOLUTION
Aired September and October, 2001
Part 7: What about God?Features students at a Christian College (Wheaton) and their faith
problems.
Starts with Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis
Old earth
What does the Bible say about age and ancient
history?
Genesis 5:1 Adam– “book” means: written official document– “generations” means: history (bear young)
Genesis 10: 1 Noah Genesis 11:10 Shem Genesis 25:12 Ishmael Genesis 37:2 Jacob Matthew 1:17 Christ
Why can’t we just compromise and say that God did it in millions
of years?
A Young Earth?
Doesn’t it HAVE to be
old, because…
Doesn’t it HAVE to be
old, because…
Doesn’t it HAVE to be old?
It takes millions of years for…
•An Ice age to occur •Thousands of feet of layers to form•Deep canyons to be cut into rock•Fossils to form•Rocks to form•Diamonds to form•Coal to form•Wood to Petrify •Stalactites and stalagmites to form•Light to reach us from the stars
It takes millions of years for…
•An Ice age to occur •Thousands of feet of layers to form•Deep canyons to be cut into rock•Fossils to form•Rocks to form•Diamonds to form•Coal to form•Wood to Petrify •Stalactites and stalagmites to form•Light to reach us from the stars
Methods supporting
billion year old Earth
Methods supporting
young Earth
Young Earth
Evidence
Old Earth Evidence
“It is absolutely safe to say that, if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is
ignorant, stupid, or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).”
Richard Dawkins
quoted in Philip Johnson, Darwin on Trial, 1991
The redefining of science
Science means “to know”
He has defined Science as:
“Explaining all events by natural causes.”
In other words “Without God”
(This is the philosophy of Naturalism)
The redefining of science
Let’s not narrow science by
looking at the world without God…
Science means to know
Nope – Just a few months – The Flood
Didn’t it take millions of years to form all the
layers?
Photo: Andrew Sneling
Doesn’t it take millions of years for fossils to form?
Nope – Just a few years
Wouldn’t it take 40,000 years to get the successive fossil
forests? Specimen Ridge in
Yellowstone National Park
Nope – less than 100 years
Doesn’t it take millions of years for gems like opal and diamond to form?
Nope – Just three months
Doesn’t it take millions of years for stalactites to form?
Stalactite Formation
Nope – This one formed in less than 1300 years
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Formation
If the present is the key to the past then . . .
Could I find a parent and
growing teenager
team?
Charles Lyell 1840
35,000 foot long gorge
At 1 foot per year it would take . . .
35,000 years
But, at 5 feet per year it would take . . .
7,000 years
Charles Lyell 1840
Video Clip
Wouldn’t it take millions of years carve out the Grand
Canyon?
Nope – Most could be done inless than a year!
Ice Age Glaciers
Ice Age Glaciers
Nope – Most could be done inless than 700 years!
Won’t it take hundreds of thousands of years to build up the ice at the poles? The P-38
Nope – Just 46 to build up 250 ft of ice
Doesn’t radioactive dating prove that the rocks are billions of years old?
Nope – Three Assumptions make it impossible to prove those dates
Nope – The Flood changed the CarbonCycle and makes all dates before it invalid.
There are major contradictions betweendifferent dating methods of the same rock.
Star light takes billions of years to get here
Nope – Read about it here!
If the present is the key to the past,
then it HAS to be
younger the 4.6 billion
years
If the present is the key to the past,
then it HAS to be
younger the 4.6 billion
years
A Young Earth?
4.6 billion
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Precambrian
Bang
Biblical creation
Today
The moon is leaving us
At 2 inches per year
Limits the moon to less than 1 billion years
Bang
Biblical creation
The Moon used to be closer
So, if the earth were really old . .
Half a billion years ago the tides would drown all life on land twice a day.
The Galaxies wind up too fast
Limits Galaxies to a few hundred million years
Salt fills the sea too fast
Sodium in:450 milliontons / year
Sea Continent
Out:120 milliontons / year
Salt in the Seas
3% salt of today.
Limits the Oceans to under 63 million years
The sea is youngThe sea:
Supposed to be 3 billion years old
Actually less than 62 million years old
Could be much younger
Not Enough Stone-age Skeletons
Said to Last 100,000 years
Population: 1- 10 million
That makes 4 billion burials.
Only a few thousand found
Limits Stone-age to a few hundred years
Mud entering: 25 billion tons / year
Less than 12 million years to accumulate
Ocean
Mud leaving: 1 billion tons / year
Subducting Plate
Mud: 400 meters Continent
Seafloor mud accumulates too fast
Ocean Sediment Thickness
Limits Ocean Floors to less than 12 million years
Seafloor sediments are young
Time for deposition:
Supposed to be 3 billion years
Actually less than 12 million years
Could be much younger
Rotation of the Sun’s surface
Particles leaving the center slow down the rotation of the outer layers.
This would stop the outer rotation.
Limits Solar system to less than 1 million years
Too much dust in near space
Limits the Solar System to a few thousand years
The Magnetic Field is weakening
It may be gone in 1,200 years.
50,000 yrs ago the magnetism would be so great that life would cook.
Limits Solar system to under 10,000 years
Frequent returning comets
Frequent returning comets
Limits Solar system to under 10,000 years
Uranium in the Oceans
Limits the Oceans to under 10,000 years
Very High Pressure in Oil Wells
C14 dates are also in the thousands of years range
Shale Cap Rock
Limits rock formation to under 10,000 years
A Young Earth?
It HAS to be young
because…
It HAS to be young
because…
Meteorites in Rock Layers
Meteorites in Rock Layers
Meteorites are falling regularly now.
If rock layers took millions of years to form, then . . .
These rock layers should have holes everywhere in them with meteorites at the bottom of the holes
However, meteorites are extremely rare in layered rock!
Undisturbed Layer Contacts
DinosaursDinosaur Fossil Bone Leads To Dinosaur Fossil Bone Leads To Gender, Age DeterminationsGender, Age Determinations
J une 2, 2005June 2, 2005
Press ReleasePress Release
Oop-Art
312 million yr old coal?
Carl Baugh
312 million years
Folded Rock Layers
A model representing Time according to
Evolutionists
150 feet
A model representing Time according to
Evolutionists
100’s Physical processes
Methods supporting 4.5 billion
year old Earth
Methods supporting
much younger than 4.5 billion
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Originally written by GOD’S OWN HAND !
Exodus 31:17
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
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