[Sentis]

I havent read all the posts here and I have no need to read the article to know its BS. I would like to explain something to the creationists. YOU CANNOT C14 DATE A FOSSIL.

Here are some reasons

1. Fossils are not organic.
2. Fossils by their very nature are inorganic because they are made of rock.
3. Rock can't be C14 dated it isn't organic.
4. Only organic material can be C14 dated
5. fossils are created when minerals leach into an area left by the decay of the organic structure. Fossils are rock
6. If you find C14 in a rock it was introduced after the fossilization. The organic material deacyed many many uyears before
7. Damp coal promotes bacteria growth bacteria is organic and contains C14.
Being an archaeologist I know that if we even find coal in an area we don't bother to C14 date organic materials as they might be contaminated.

[fishtank]

"1. Fossils are not organic."

Where did the C-14 come from if the fossil was formed eons ago, thereby trapping the carbon atoms in a rock-like matrix?

"2. Fossils by their very nature are inorganic because they are made of rock."

See above.

"3. Rock can't be C14 dated it isn't organic."

Why is there any C-14 in the rock since the dissolved minerals that formed the fossil should have long been decayed away. Actually, the fossils are even stronger candidates than the coal samples for the young earth view.

"4. Only organic material can be C14 dated"

No. Only C-14 containing materials can be C-14 dated.

"5. fossils are created when minerals leach into an area left by the decay of the organic structure. Fossils are rock

See above.

"6. If you find C14 in a rock it was introduced after the fossilization. The organic material deacyed many many years before"

So why is there C-14 there if it decayed away years ago?



"7. Damp coal promotes bacteria growth bacteria is organic and contains C14."

Where do the bacteria get the C-14 atoms from to grow new bio structures? Read the article to see how the coal samples were mined, transported and stored.


"Being an archaeologist I know that if we even find coal in an area we don't bother to C14 date organic materials as they might be contaminated."

Which is why they dated diamonds as well. I don't think the diamond material is in this study, though.