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From: rck@iham1.UUCP (Ron Kukuk)
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Subject: The Scientific Case for Creation: (Part 32)
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 13:05:52 EDT
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     THE SCIENTIFIC CASE FOR CREATION: 116 CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE

I.  (Life Sciences): THE THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION IS INVALID.  (See
    1-36.)

II. (Astronomical Sciences): THE UNIVERSE, THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND  LIFE
    WERE RECENTLY CREATED.

    A.  NATURALISTIC EXPLANATIONS  FOR  THE  EVOLUTION  OF  THE  SOLAR
        SYSTEM   AND   UNIVERSE   ARE   UNSCIENTIFIC   AND  HOPELESSLY
        INADEQUATE. (See 37-56.)

    B.  TECHNIQUES THAT ARGUE FOR AN OLD EARTH ARE EITHER ILLOGICAL OR
        ARE BASED ON UNREASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS.

       60.  Radiocarbon dating, which has been  accurately  calibrated
            by counting the rings of living trees that are up to 3,500
            years old, is unable to extend this accuracy to date  more
            ancient  organic  remains.  A few people have claimed that
            ancient wood exists which will permit this calibration  to
            be  extended  even  further back in time, but these people
            have not let outside scientists examine their data. On the
            other   hand,  measurements  made  at  hundreds  of  sites
            worldwide  [a,b]  indicate  that  the   concentration   of
            radiocarbon  in  the atmosphere rose quite rapidly at some
            time prior to 3,500  years  ago.  If  this  happened,  the
            maximum  possible  radiocarbon  age  obtainable  with  the
            standard techniques  (approximately  50,000  years)  could
            easily correspond to a TRUE age of 5,000 years.

            a)  Robert  H.  Brown,  ''Can   We   Believe   Radiocarbon
                Dates?'', CREATION RESEARCH SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol.12,
                No.1, June 1975, pp. 66-68.
            b)  Robert H. Brown, ''Regression  Analysis  of  C-14  Age
                Profiles,'' Unpublished Manuscript, 28 July 1980.

       61.  Radiohalos, tiny spheres of discoloration produced by  the
            radioactive decay of particles that are encased in various
            crystals, are strong evidence that the earth's  crust  was
            never  in a molten state. Based upon the specific patterns
            seen in many of these rocks, it appears that  these  rocks
            came   into  existence  almost  instantaneously--in  other
            words, CREATION! [a,b]

            a)  Robert V. Gentry, '''Spectacle' Array of Po**210  Halo
                Radiocentres   In   Biotite:   A  Nuclear  Geophysical
                Enigma,'' NATURE, 13 December 1974, pp. 564-566.
            b)  Robert V. Gentry, ''Radiohalos  In  Radiochronological
                and Cosmological Perspective,'' SCIENCE, 5 April 1974,
                Vol. 184, pp. 62-66.

                                 TO BE CONTINUED


      III.  (Earth Sciences):
				Ron Kukuk
				Walt Brown