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You have a problem with Hovind's material and/or the way he presents it.

Of course, since Hovind misrepresents almost everything he writes about science, and most of what he doesn't misrepresent is merely wrong. Hovind is one of the biggest crackpots in "creation science".

Apart from Hovind are you aware that there are scientific questions about carbon 14 dating?

Sure, although probably not the ones the creationist pamphlets you've read have made up about it. If you're trying to imply that 14C dating is somehow unreliable when used appropriately, however, you're mistaken.

I find it strange that you roll on the floor laughing at the fact that neither evolutionists nor creationists can prove the age of the earth.

No, I roll on the floor laughing over how you can say something that silly and incorrect.

Is it possible that you are reading only either Hovind's material or material that supports your point of view so that you are not aware of other problems around carbon 14 dating?

Not at all. I have a very extensive education in 14C dating, and in the false claims that creationists make about it.

Have you read the Gentry "halos" findings?

Yes, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with 14C dating, and is unlikely to be any real problem for any other form of radiometric dating. It's a bit of a puzzle in some respects, albeit not in the way creationists spin it, and it's very much *NOT* any kind of "killer" for radiometric dating, as the creationists falsely claim.

Interesting scientific area of study that presents some problems for the evolutionary theory?

Every time I've seen someone claim to have something that "presents some problems for evolutionary theory", I've examined it and it turned out that they actually didn't have any idea what in the heck they were talking about. But if you think you actually have a *valid* problem for evolutionary theory for a change, feel free to present it. But you probably shouldn't waste our time (or yours) with any of these 700+ standard creationist flawed claims about evolutionary biology, we've seen those a thousand times already.