EARTH AGE

When something is not known, and is wished to be known, scientific reason may be applied to ideas or theories to determine what is fact and what is fantasy.  This is referred to as the scientific method.

There are several descriptions of the “scientific method.”  We will use one on physics.ucr.edu as it is laid out simply:

1)  Observe some aspect of the universe.
2)  Invent a tentative description, called a hypothesis, that is consistent with what you have observed.
3)  Use the hypothesis to make predictions.
4)  Test these predictions by experiments or further observations and modify the hypothesis in the light of your results.
5)  Repeat steps 3 and 4 until there are no discrepancies between theory and experiment and/or observation.

Essentially, when all questionable aspects of a theory can be resolved or removed, the theory may then be presented as fact.

Radiocarbon dating, or carbon-14 was developed by Willard Libby in the late 1940s, and he received a Nobel Prize for this in 1960.  What he did in simplest verbiage, was measure radioactive decay.  Wipipedia.org has a good explanation of this process.

In formulating this theory, Dr. Libby discovered that “radiocarbon may not be in equilibrium in the earth as a whole.”  What this means is that his hypothesis showed the earth to be only about 30,000 years old.  And changing his model to one of non-equilibrium, dated the atmosphere at about 10,000 years old.

However, everyone “KNOWS” the earth is billions of years old, so Dr. Libby ignored his own experimental data!  Step 5 of the scientific method was never bothered with!

And since the scientific world “KNOWS” the earth is billions of years older than Dr. Libby’s theory postulated, the data was altered to fit the theory instead of finding a theory that explains the data.

Bottom line?  It is only a THEORY that the earth is billions of years old, and this theory has NEVER been sufficiently tested or proven.  However, this theory has been taught as fact for at least the past 60+ years!  It is an amazing arrogance that allows one to present a theory as factual, while ignoring the findings of one’s own research!

And lastly, the 3 paragraphs above containing scientific data are not mine, but taken from the following book:

“Science and Mormonism” by Melvin A. Cook and M. Garfield Cook. 

Melvin Alonzo Cook, PH.D., Physical Chemistry, Yale University; President IRECO Chemicals; and Professor of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah.

Melvin Garfield Cook, B.A., Physics, University of Utah and Research Scientist, IRECO Chemicals.

 “…When the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things – things which have passed, and hidden things that no man knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and end thereof – Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven.”  (D.C. 101:32-34)