Johan
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Finn said:No need for anyone to lose their tempers here.
By the current scientific knowledge, the carbon dating is one our of best arguments when it comes to proving that Earth is older than the Bible cites. I recall the discussion around here though where a theory was given that the great global flood mentioned in the holy book would have thrown off the carbon values.
It's a kind of pathetic theory really, as all the proof it gives for the flood is the words in the Bible. Considering that to give this all any credit one should take the Bible literally, so the scientific value of this theory is nil. Actually, it's easier to scientifically suggest that there never was a flood (at least in the global scale), as the water moving around in the Earth's cycle is nowhere near enough for such a thing to happen.
Actually David Rohl "A Test Of Time" gives some scientific explainations for why this would be true. But I will opt out for another rambling conversation that get's no where