AnswersInGenesis.com - How Some Creationists Discard Science: Zircons revisited
Friday, September 21st, 2007
One of the main criticisms that Young Earth Creationists (YECs) lobby against Old Earth Creationists (OECs) is that scientific methods of aging ancient rocks and fossils are unreliable. Therefore, the reasoning goes, don’t rely on it. In fact, if you are trying to age anything you think is older than 10,000 years old, don’t even try. After all, according to scripture, nothing was around back then. If you try using methods that suggest ages older than 10,000 years old, your findings will be filled with contradictions and inconsistencies, so do not be surprised when you find them. You can try reconciling them, but don’t bother. After all, if you already know the earth is younger than 10,000 years old, then what do you gain trying explain why …