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Also, the bible states of humans living close to 1,000 years... if people did live close to 1,000 years, then these rare fossils you dig up of men that scientists ASSUME had the same lifespan as us and say they are millions of years old-someone living close to 1,000 years would have a massivly increased carbon level in there bones... and without the scientists considering this possibility, the date of millions of years put on these fossils could be massivly out.

nevermind, Totse.com Community 11 Comments [12/1/2003 12:00:00 AM]
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#493469
Jordan666

Wouldnt the age of 90, let alone 1000, leave a person with exceptionally frail bones?

5/10/2008 12:34:21 AM

#494298
Canadiest

fail
sooo fail

5/10/2008 4:27:36 PM

#524761
Aristotilus

It's not the amount of carbon, but the half-life of the carbon that counts, no?

6/3/2008 1:36:36 AM

#995531
SeekerLancer

Except the bible was just making shit up again dude. Sorry.

7/26/2009 5:30:33 PM

#995539
Caustic Gnostic

Close to 1000 months, not years.

That is, if they were lucky enough to avoid epidemics and wars... and smoked good tobacco... and jangled gently as they walked... and bathed once a week...

7/26/2009 6:46:05 PM

#995552
agentCDE

Bones do not work that way.

7/26/2009 8:05:45 PM

#1528075
Saringuy

1. The age of an organism does not influence it's C14 ratio.
2. Even if it did, more C14 would make the organism look younger if dated with C14.
3. C14-dating only works up to 60.000 years. Other isotopes are used for dating older things.
4. You're a creationist. Stating this fact should be insulting enough already.

4/17/2013 12:32:20 AM

#1528080
Swede

So, they're not a million years old, just 999000 years old, then. Big deal!
Btw, the Bible can state whatever it wants; it's still a book with a lot of unsupported statements, not to be taken literally.

You do know that they can deduce a probable age (as in life-span) of a fossil, right?
Oh, and they're not as rare as you think. The first ones of a particular species get a bit of fame, the next thousands or so of the same species nobody bothers to mention to laymen.

4/17/2013 2:12:18 AM

#1528081


That "humans living close to 1,000 years" stuff was just made up to deceive the ignorant masses into believing that "accepting Christ as your savior" somehow automatically gave you longevity. Fact of the matter is that very few people actually made it even to 50 in those days.

4/17/2013 2:15:43 AM

#1528448
OverpropelledPegasus

In science, we don't ASSUME anything. And you have no idea how carbon dating works.

4/17/2013 6:40:12 PM

#1528526
JW

Another creationist complaint that scientists don't assume that magic happened.

4/18/2013 3:36:38 AM
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