Please take note of the my other posting C-14/Dendrochronology. Its not
that simple.
> The validation of the essential validity of C-14 dating from
dendrochronolgy
> is so solid that Dr. Gerald Aardsma, a nuclear physicist, a specialist
in
> C-14 dating and a one-time teacher for the Creation Science Institute,
came
> to the conclusion that since C-14 dating according to creation science
theory
> could only be valid after the Flood, the Flood must have occurred prior
to
> 9300 BC. His expertise combined with his clinging to basic creation
science
> theory, yet still losing his job tells me that his understanding of this
> issue is too fact-informed for either himself or the Creation Science
> Institute to get around. As Aardsma said to a believer in the validity
of
> the genealogically derived dates who implied that the confirmation of
C-14
> dating by dendrochronology was just tentative,
Aardsma is entitled to his opinion, but I don't agree. See the other
posting.
> Although the tree-ring sequence does show, as you say, that the dates are
> inflated; it is important to admit that they are *systematically*
inflated;
> so that the validity of C-14 dating is not in doubt. The C-14 dates
simply
> have to be calibrated with the tree ring sequence to be true dates.
Take a look at the other posting.
> The validity of C-14 dating was not accepted even in the non-Christian
> community of scientists and historians without being subjected to serious
> scrutiny. The fact that it has been accepted by virtually all
non-Christians,
> the great majority of Christian scientists and historians including most
> scholarly Evangelicals such as Edwin Yamauchi and now even by a professor
> from the heartland of creation science tells me that it has a very firm
> foundation in fact.
Take a look at the other posting.
> Unless you can offer facts which falsify (not just propagandistically and
> rhetorically throw doubt upon) the validation of C-14 dating by
> dendrochronolgy, I think you must face making the same kind of decision
that
> Aardsma made about the date of the Flood.
Take a look at the other posting.
Allen