The flaws in radioisotope dating

Joe Chandler · June 20, 2023

Here is the equation for determining the age of an object.

Lu-Hf isochrons plotted of meteorite samples. The age is calculated from the slope of the isochron (line) and the original composition from the intercept of the isochron with the y-axis. The mathematical expression that relates radioactive decay to geologic time is

D* = D0 + N(t) (eλt − 1)
where

t is age of the sample,
D* is number of atoms of the radiogenic daughter isotope in the sample,
D0 is number of atoms of the daughter isotope in the original or initial composition,
N(t) is number of atoms of the parent isotope in the sample at time t (the present), given by N(t) = N0e−λt, and
λ is the decay constant of the parent isotope, equal to the inverse of the radioactive half-life of the parent isotope[17] times the natural logarithm of 2.

To summarize, each object has a certain amount of a radioactive material, which has a known half-life, and produces a daughter product as it decays. So the radioactive material is measured. The daughter product is measured. The known half-life is then used to date the object using the formula above.

What are the problems with this method? There are several. 2 Peter 3:5-6 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Evolutionists deny two things; creation and the flood. The six day creation of the world as outlined in Genesis tells us that everything was created with the appearance of age. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The answer is the chicken. Adam was a man, not a baby. He was formed, not born. All the plants, animals, and fish were adults.

The second thing is the flood. The flood caused the fountains of the deep to be broken up and the water above the firmament (heaven) fell. The entire earth's landscape was rearranged. The climate itself was drastically changed. All of this changed the ability of radioisotope dating to be accurate past the flood.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

BrotherTony · June 20, 2023

Science has been proven time and again to be flawed and a matter of opinion in many things. That's why there are so many scientists who disagree with each other. Theories can be and often are flawed. Their premises are flawed, usually disregarding God, creation, the fall of man, and the flood.

Joe Chandler · June 20, 2023

33 minutes ago, BrotherTony said:

Science has been proven time and again to be flawed and a matter of opinion in many things. That's why there are so many scientists who disagree with each other. Theories can be and often are flawed. Their premises are flawed, usually disregarding God, creation, the fall of man, and the flood.

Their science is really a religion. They believe evolution by faith. Their starting point is that the bible account is false. My starting point is that the bible account is true. We examine the same evidence, but come to different conclusions.