On the heels of my last article regarding the historicity of the flood of Noah, the logical progression of the discussion surrounding the biblical narrative of creation found in Genesis, is how old is the earth? The mainstream scientific position is that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, which contrasts starkly with biblical teachings of an age that is nearer to six thousand years.
Scientists, in a consolidated effort to support evolutionary theory and present a plausible alternative to God creating everything, have methodically orchestrated and propagated the sophisticated deception of virtually every student of science, from public schools clear through post secondary education institutions, to the media, museums and governments throughout the world. This is accomplished by suppressing the facts that don’t support their narrative and exaggerating and promoting the facts that do, in what constitutes the slight of hand presentation of a predetermined agenda, designed to convince an uncritical consumer of information to conclude that their false premises are true and to elicit perpetual funding for researchers, in order to maintain the charade.
In order to challenge the existing paradigm, one must be open to all of the available science and be willing to accept that scientific theory that doesn’t stand up to questioning is simply pseudo science. In my book Truth Cries Out, I examined the earth’s radioactivity and radiometric dating and showed how these methods can be problematic for proponents of a 4.5 billion-year old earth.
Radioactive materials, or radioisotopes, emit tiny particles in a process called decay. There are about 65 naturally occurring radioisotopes, of which carbon 14 is one. Decay rates are expressed as the half-life, which is the time it would take for half of that isotope to decay at today’s known rate. Half-lives can be millions of years or a billionth of a second. Carbon 14 has a half-life of 5730 years. This means that bone specimens from animals or plant specimens like coal cannot be accurately dated if they are considered to be millions of years old, since any carbon 14 would be long since decayed.
New technologies in radio-carbon dating such as atomic accelerators have improved the precision of testing and can identify minute levels of carbon 14. What we find is that most fossils, including fossil fuels, all contain relatively the same ratio of carbon 14, meaning that they are all about the same age and are of comparatively very recent origin.
Projecting decay rates over long periods of time increases the probability of errors. A small error in extrapolation can result in millions of years of difference in the calculation, thereby invalidating the asserted age of the object in question. Adding further confusion to radio-carbon dating is the fact that it dates most fossils about the same age making it impossible for the strata they are found in to have been precipitated over millions of years.
Dr. Grady McMurtry has shown that when Potassium Argon was used to date volcanic rock of known age (900 years) it resulted in dating the rock from 210,000 to 230,000 years old. Other complications arise when different radiometric dating techniques are used to date the same rock. An Australian volcanic rock specimen with a piece of charcoal encased in it was dated using carbon 14 dating for the charcoal and Potassium Argon dating for the lava rock. It was obvious the lava had flowed around a tree when the volcano erupted resulting in this particular specimen, therefore, one would expect that both the rock and the charcoal would be found to have similar ages. The wood was dated as 45,000 years old and the rock was dated as 37,000,000 years old, showing how problematic these techniques can be.
Furthermore, Dr. McMurtry explains that if an evolutionist scientist examines a rock specimen containing a 50%-50% ratio of Uranium 238 and Lead 206; and the measured rate of radioactive decay is 4.5 billion years per half-life for the Uranium 238; they would assume that all of the Lead 206 resulted from the decay of the Uranium 238 and conclude that the rock must be 4.5 billion years old. The error in this logic stems from the assumption that the original amount of the isotopes is known or how much Uranium and Lead were present to begin with. Further complicating matters is assuming a constant rate of decay over time and that it was not a closed system therefore it could be effected by outside influences.
An Australian researcher showed that when he put rocks containing Uranium into a trough of running water, the Uranium to Lead ratios changed so fast, that the rocks aged 100,000 years for each month they were exposed to the running water. The radioactive decay sequence of unstable Uranium 238 into stable Lead 206 requires 14 steps with a half-life of 4.5 billion years, therefore, rocks that contain both Uranium and Lead are assumed to be extremely old.
However, Dr. McMurtry points out that eight of the fourteen steps in the decay process occur when an alpha particle is emitted from the various radioactive isotopes contained in the rock. Each time an alpha particle is emitted, it is with a specific force, which causes the alpha particle to travel a certain specific distance within the rock. If the rock is a clear rock, such as mica, quartz, topaz or zircon, then, when the particles stop they will leave a darkened spherical outline surrounding the radioactive center. By slicing through the center of the darkened spheres, rings similar to tree rings are exposed, called halos.
Every one of the intermediate radioactive isotopes which comes from the decay of Uranium 238 produces Lead. Many of them decay quickly because they have very short half-lives. Working backwards from Lead 206 up to Uranium 238, the complete decay sequence would have eight halos surrounding the radioactive center. If we find fewer than eight, then the initial radioactive material was not Uranium 238, but one of the other isotopes along the decay chain stream, which would mean the rock is younger than previously thought. This shows that the presence of Lead 206 doesn’t necessarily mean the Lead 206 came from Uranium.
Literally trillions of tiny lead centers have been found in the clear rock portions of granites and other rocks found all over the face of the earth that have only three halos present, proving that the initial radioactive isotope was Polonium 218, not Uranium 238. These three halos were produced when alpha particles were emitted by the decay of Polonium 218, Polonium 214 and Polonium 210 which resulted in Lead 206, according to Dr. McMurtry.
The measured half-life of Polonium 218 is 3.05 minutes, therefore an initial quantity of this isotope of any size would completely decay in less than one hour. The half-life of Polonium 214 is measured in ten thousandths of a second, meaning an initial quantity of this isotope of any size would completely decay in the twinkling of an eye. Polonium 210 has a half-life of 138 days, which means that in less than five years the initial quantity of this isotope would completely decay.
Since Polonium halos can only occur (and be visible) in solid clear rock, in order for Polonium 218 halos to be found, the radioactive material and the clear hard rock must be created at the same time, because the radioactive decay clock starts ticking immediately. In order for the Polonium 218 halo to be visible, it must start to darken the specimen during the first half life or there will not be enough alpha particles emitted to visibly darken the rock. The first two halos of Polonium 218 and 214 must form completely within one hour of their creation because of their incredibly short half lives.
All of these trillions of Polonium 218-Polonium 214-Polonium 210-Lead 206 systems that are found on the surface of the earth and within its hard crust were created cool and hard within one second to 3.05 minutes from the beginning of time. While Polonium 218 halos don’t tell you how old the earth is, they do tell you that it was formed instantaneously.
If one considers the earth is 6,000 years old as the Bible claims, then almost 100% of the Lead found on the surface or within the crust of the earth was produced as the result of the decay of unstable chemical short half life isotopes. Therefore, one cannot conclude a very old earth unless they supress the existence and effect of short half life isotopes. Evolutionist researchers only want to promote part of the evidence and withhold any information that doesn’t fit their preconceived narrative which constitutes willful deception.
Scientists like Dr. Grady McMurtry have shown tremendous courage by speaking out against the establishment and risk being black listed, losing funding and damaging their reputations when they do. Similar to doctors (such as Dr. Peter McCullough) and healthcare workers who challenged the COVID 19 pandemic narrative, Dr. McMurtry has proven himself a champion of the truth and refuses to compromise his integrity in the face of those who mock and ridicule anyone that exposes the hypocrisy of propped up paradigms that would not stand on their own on a level playing field.
One doesn’t have to be a scientist to discern truth and intellectualism doesn’t hold a monopoly on veracity. Furthermore, two contradicting narratives cannot both be true, therefore, when one is found to be lacking in probity, it ought to be disqualified. Yet the vast majority of today’s society accepts evolution and a 4.5 billion-year old earth without question, despite the evidence to the contrary. 1 Corinthians 3:19 reminds us, “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” Civilization has fallen for the con and countless Christians have been duped into questioning the integrity of God’s word. This preconception and subsequent embracing of a falsehood makes it very difficult for many Christians to reconcile their faith to scripture and in essence hamstrings their beliefs. Sadly, the loudest message is often the one that resonates the strongest and is highly correlated to the financial strength of its propagator. The evolutionist “establishment” is guilty of an immense offense against God because of this.
The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 1:18-20, “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who supress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” The time has come to break the paradigm that evolution represents reality and rely upon the full counsel of sound science to establish truth rather than turning to myths (2 Timothy 4:4). Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear…
