Carbon dating unreliable

This gap is from about 40,000 ya (years ago) to about 200,000 ya on the evolutionist's time scale.

In fact, many important archaeological artifacts have been dated using this method including some of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Shroud of Turin.

Though radiocarbon dating is startlingly accurate for the most part, it has a few sizable flaws.

Anything that was once alive or that was produced by a living thing can be dated by using the radiocarbon method of dating.

This method, which received widespread attention in connection with the Dead Sea Scrolls, relies on the fact that all living things take in carbon, some of which is very slightly radioactive. To hear some people tell it, scientists have nearly absolute confidence in the dating methods they use.

When their dating methods say that something lived 30,000 years ago, they sound certain.

And on the basis of these methods, many scientists announce that the Bible's record of history is not accurate.

One also assumes that all the sand is in the bottom of the glass when one turns it over. He must look for something in the bone which disappears over time, as the sand disappeared from the top chamber of the egg timer.

The disappearance must take place at a known and measurable rate.

However, because of severe dating problems which are seldom mentioned, this alleged sequence cannot be maintained.

To present the fossil evidence as a relatively smooth transition leading to modern humans is akin to intellectual dishonesty.