Evidence about how old the earth is

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thread starter maxpinion94 Feb 02 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

well me any my friend were having an argument, as usual, about life, religion and such. We got onto the thing about how old the earth is, and he said he would bring in evidence that it's only 10k years old, cause he's super christian. So I was going to bring in something showing it's older, and we also talked about evolution, so something about that too. I'm thinking about bringing in my chemistry book, for how old the earth is, and a copy of Charles Darwin's book Origin of Species for evolution. Any good idea's on what else to do. And I wouldn't mind anyone putting what they truly believe about the subject, and backing it up so that I could more understand the angle he might be getting at. His and my argument is resuming on Thursday because we have study hall together again then, so I need to figure out this stuff by then.

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mirapigen 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

interesting friends. :b try googling it? or just some keywords, not a whole sentence, since it can take out some really good results for you.

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maxpinion94 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

it's just him and I are like complete opposites on so many things, but we are good friends, so we don't mind arguing about it

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RaZoN 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lol My chem teacher just told us how old Earth was today in class. It's 9x10^9 years apparently. Scientist like checked the Uranium in the Earth and did some calculations with it with like half life or whatever. We just started to learn this about today so I really couldn't tell you much but my teacher said it's 9x10^9. In the billions o-o

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maxpinion94 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

tried telling him that, he says that half life, and carbon dating are flawed.....

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eyomen + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

you should just link your friend to the debate between, thunderf00t and that ray comfort guy on youtube.

TofuPlague 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If he's super Christian and you're going to bring in a Charles Darwin book, get ready for an all-out flame war.

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RaZoN 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] maxpinion94 : tried telling him that, he says that half life, and carbon dating are flawed..... [/quote] Oh yeah xD You reminded me, its Uranium Dating haha. How much Uranium (Radioactivity) is still in the Earth xP

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fatality890 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The earth is approximately 4.5billion years old. The calculation was made possible by carbon dating.

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eyomen 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] RaZoN : Oh yeah xD You reminded me, its Uranium Dating haha. How much Uranium (Radioactivity) is still in the Earth xP [/quote] christians who discount stuff like that, will discount anything that says contrary to their beliefs.

RaZoN 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] fatality890 : The earth is approximately 4.5billion years old. The calculation was made possible by carbon dating. [/quote] Isn't it Uranium Dating? My teacher just told us today that Carbon Dating is for like living things like humans, trees, and critters. o-O

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eyomen 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] RaZoN : Isn't it Uranium Dating? My teacher just told us today that Carbon Dating is for like living things like humans, trees, and critters. o-O [/quote] carbon dating is used on ice core samples. i think they both say relatively the same thing.

maxpinion94 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

@eyomen, I know, but I'm going to try. I mean he's not going to get me to believe in a religion without some real proof, and he's not going to be able to find any. He is like his father, and I am like our science teacher from last year. They constantly argue about this stuff, but they are good friends. And him and I are just like that. I actually want to get both of them in on one of the arguments and see what happens. It'd be fun EDIT: about the uranium and carbon dating, both are a lot alike, but kinda for different things, but both can be used for and on some of the same things.

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eyomen 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] maxpinion94 : @eyomen, I know, but I'm going to try. I mean he's not going to get me to believe in a religion without some real proof, and he's not going to be able to find any. He is like his father, and I am like our science teacher from last year. They constantly argue about this stuff, but they are good friends. And him and I are just like that. I actually want to get both of them in on one of the arguments and see what happens. It'd be fun [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FskTKrx40 its a long debate, but thunderf00t pretty much thrashes this guy. the only people willing to deny that are people who have been thoroughly indoctrinated.

Sigurd12 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Isn't fossils a good evidence ? Anyways i think the universe is like 5 billion years old and earth like 4?

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