Carbon-14 dating has its limits. It only works backwards for a couple of thousand millenia. With a half-life of 11,000 years (I believe that's what it is), after 10 decay generations (a bit more than 1,000,000 years), only 0.1% of the material remains, and it gets exponentially smaller after that.
People are pretty comfortable with strata dating as well - at least at the big picture level. What occurs within those layers is and will be for some time to come the subject of a lot of research.
But back to the main point - I think if we look at the Bible as the Word of the Lord, then the whole notion of a "day" in God's eye's becomes extraordinarily relevant. It may not be up to us to figure out what a day in the life of God is, but to accept it as a given.
And if we accept that a Day of the Lord may be very, very long indeed, then what science is finding out, in reality, what happens during the morning, noon, and night of each of these days.
That seems to fit pretty well; darn well, actually.
Why does the word in Genesis for 'day' mean a 24 hour day, whereas the word for day in Day of the Lord does not?
Why not use the word which means 'it could be a millenium' day instead of the 'morning and the evening were the first (24 hour) day?
There are Christian scientists & archeologists who do not discount creation as Chairman & Jane understand it.........
...and then again, who is to say God didn't create it literally in a day----per our understanding of a 'day'...as the Word says..........
After all, He IS God.
Suffice to say, having visited the Grand Canyon (as some of you have) and seeing one small part of God's vastness in creativity, I stand amazed at the insignificance of myself......save for God's redeeming sacrifice.
As hubbybear & I stood in awe overlooking the beautiful canyons (albeit I was standing a bit more behind hubby, like behind the tree :)
....hubby said it was like God's thumb dragging through the mud that created this gorgeous panarama.---and this was said most reverently!
That stuck with me......almighty God .....who created the world and you & me.....dragging his thumb across the dirt & allowing us a glimpse of His handiwork.
The unit was known to operate from a "mobile platform"an-improvised armoured saloon car with a gun mount in the back -which made it almost undetectable.
After the attacks, which resulted in 11 deaths (including one in Fermanagh), in only 14 or 15 operations, the sniper was driven away leaving no shells or forensic contamination.
Someone is now copying this same tactic in the DC area.....I really am now beginning to wonder..