Non-Scientist Young Earth Creationist Has Theories for you to Test

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@thoughtful

Really not understanding why the rocks have to be so far apart in age.

Okay, I think can help you understand: Lake Varves, Volcanic Ash, and the Great Isaiah Scroll. Read the links therein in full (especially this one: A 60,000 Year Varve Record from Japan Refutes the Young-Earth Interpretation of Earth’s History – Naturalis Historia):

@swamidass

this article by @Joel_Duff on the record of lake varves (layers) is a must read. Varves are layers at the bottom of some lakes, which we can observe being deposited, one layer each year. Just like tree rings, we can count them to see how many years have passed.

1. The existence of these layers themselves is de facto evidence that the earth looks 100’s of thousands of years ago.
2. It demonstrates that carbon dating (C14/C12) can work going back about 60,000 years ago.
3. This also matches nearly exactly the C14/C12 levels in tree ring data (which goes back about 12,000 years ago). It is just an amazing coincidence unless this is a reliable marker of time.

4. Remember, carbon dating is the exact same method that lets us know that the prophecies about Jesus in the Great Isaiah scroll were written before he walked the earth.

@swamidass

The layers of Ash also show correspondence with 40Argon/39Argon dating.

Looking at those lake varves, can you see why we say the earth looks older than 6,000 years? This evidence doesn’t get you to billions of years, but it seems impossible to explain as the result of 6,000 years. Would you agree that this shows the earth at least appears to be greater than 100,000 years old?