Re: It's no joke!

"Shed much light" or convince you? I.e., if no C-14 is found will you agree that the age of the material is at least ~50,000 years old. (I think that's about the limit for straightforward carbon dating but someone else may have a better number.) Or will you waffle?

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Vernon Jenkins
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:01 PM
  Subject: Re: It's no joke!

  Regardless of whether or not there are still traces of blood vessels and cells in these T.Rex bones, it is certainly remarkable that they are not completely fossilised after spending ' 70 million years' entombed in sandstone. All things considered, an impartial skeptic might reasonably inquire whether this generous estimate of burial time makes any sense. However, it is now evident that the situation offers a rare opportunity for 'old earth' proponents to justify this much-quoted feature of the geologic column. Thus, a simple C14 test on a sample of the material and/or associated bone - openly conducted and properly monitored - would certainly shed some much needed light on the matter, and in the interests of truth would surely be hard to deny.

  Vernon
Received on Sun Mar 27 20:11:23 2005