The order of evolution is not a fixed matter of dogmatic belief. It changes as new information is obtained and that’s nothing new. This is new information and the understanding of evolution will change with it.
Carbon dating had nothing to do with this as it’s not very useful in dating anything older than ~40,000 years. Trying to call carbon dating ‘rock solid’ in regards to ancient strata is either an act of ignorance or deception.
“Young earth creationists insist that the earth was made...with an appearance of age”
Why would God engage in such a deception? Why would anyone indirectly accuse God of being a deceiver who’d do such a thing?
I’d say its an appearance for age, for those who already assume the bible is not true. The deception is self-deception—not due to the nature of creation.
Again, young earthers consider virtually all sedimentary rock everywhere—and all fossils—products of the great flood.
If you don’t already accept the creation story, and the account of the great flood....than yes, things will have an appearance of great age.
Allah would.
Qur'an 8:30—And (remember) when the unbelievers plotted deception against you (O Muhammad), to imprison you, or kill you, or expel you. They plotted deception, but Allah also plotted deception; and Allah is the best of deceivers.
There is no Allah but Satan, and Muhammad was his murdering pedophile.
I get into trouble in these threads also. Somehow you can’t believe in science and God.
That is a worthless argument.
The idea that God creating the world with the appearance of age is deception is grasping at straws to disprove creationism.
Creating with the appearance of age is creating for usefulness.
God created man with the appearance of age. But what was He going to do? Put a sperm and an egg together on the ground and wait for a human to grow?
God created an universe perfectly suited to support the life He put in it. It had to have the appearance of age, not to deceive but to be useful.
If I wanted to provide a home for someone to move into and live in immediately, I would built it and furnish it completely.
To be courteous, I would hang up towels, put toilet paper in the bathroom, put soap and shampoo in the tub, leave laundry detergent with the washer and dryer.
I'd leave the heat or AC on for a comfortable environment and food in the fridge so that they wouldn't have to cook meals right away.
And then what? The new owners accuse me of deceiving them about the house being brand new and never been lived in before because it has the appearance of having been occupied?
And as far as man having the appearance of age.....
On the day Adam was created, how old was he?
Creationists would say one day old, and scientists would come along and scoff at them and say the evidence points to man being (say) 30 years old.
And who would be right?