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Carbon 14 (C14)(what) is
produced when comic rays from the sun strike Nitrogen in the atmosphere and the
result is Carbon 14. This process will finally end with c14 combining with
oxygen to get Carbon dioxide. (CO2). Plants absorb the CO2 and we eat plants and animals which
breath and eat CO2. this is how Carbon 14 gets into living systems like
yourself.
C14 is radioactive. This means
it is unstable and will slowly fall apart. The rate at which it breaks down can
be measured. When a animal dies it stops taking in C14. Also the C14 that is
already in the animal starts falling apart. Scientist use this rate somewhat
like a clock comparing how much c14 we
think
was in the animal to start with to how much C14 is there today. Counting
backwards we can find out when the animal died. More in C14
dating here
What effects C14 dating from the
past
1. The earth's Magnetic
field is getting
weaker.
That means in the past it use to be stronger. This would greatly reduce the
amount of radiation coming into the atmosphere from the sun. This means that
animals that lived 3, 4, 5 thousand years ago, when the magnetic field was
multiple times stronger, would have taken in significantly less C14. Since
evolutionist assume the rate has always been the same or that there was never a
time when Carbon 14 production was less then today, when you compare C12 to C14
in those animals you will get a date far older then the actually age.
2. The flood buried
millions of trees and animals suddenly.
This basically means large amounts of Carbon
was removed at one time "resetting the clock" sort of speak and things living
before the flood would also give dates older then the actually date of the
animal dying.
Article on Answers in Genesis about
Carbon 14
Doesn’t Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the Bible? - Answers in Genesis
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