[Fithal the Wise]

Number one, carbon dating is accurate to about 50,000 years (there is a dead spot at about 4,000 years, but I don't know enough to explain it). Number two, carbon dating does not work on rocks as they are not organic. Number three, there are numerous radiological dating methods that are used to date rocks and they consistently give an age for the Earth of about four billion years.

Beyond a few thousand years where we have tree ring data, regarding carbon dating as accurate is simply an act of faith depending on the ASSUMPTION that the ratio of C14 in the atmosphere through time has been the same as as it is today.

Regarding radiological dating methods, have you examined the ASSUMPTIONS connected with them?

[Junior]

Regarding radiological dating methods, have you examined the ASSUMPTIONS connected with them?

You mean that radioactive elements decay at a set rate?  Do you realize the implications in claiming (albeit, backhandedly) that radioactive elements decayed far more rapidly in the past?  Peruse the following link (from The Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution Resource):

• Radiometric Dating: A Christian Perspective {Dr. Roger C. Wiens}