Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 190 pages
- Published by: Master Books September 20, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0890514410
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0890514412
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 8.8 ounces
Product Description
• Destroys one of the major barriers for faith seekers: alleged long ages for the earth • Provides scientifi c evidences that correlate to biblical history and time-lines • Can be used as an apologetic; many shun the faith because of alleged scientifi c “facts” • A sensational answer to “old earth” critics • A powerful book written in plain language This long-awaited book shatters the famed dating methods employed by evolutionists to cast doubt on the veracity of the Bible and its chronology of earth history. Radiometric dating is one of the linchpins of evolutionary education today. By dating the soil in which fossils are found to very long ages, evolutionists undermine faith in Genesis as the true documentary of the history of the universe. When people are told that a dinosaur bone has been determined to be tens of millions of years old, that obviously doesn’t square with the biblical record of man being created on day 6 with the land animals. But DeYoung now demonstrates that Christians no longer have to puzzle over this glaring contradiction. A must-have for the serious Bible student, Thousands . . . not Billions will bolster the faith of many.
About The Author
Don DeYoung is chairman of the Physical Science Department, Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, teaching physics, astronomy, and mathematics. He is a graduate of Michigan Tech University (B.S., M.S., physics), Iowa State University (Ph.D, physics), and Grace Seminary (M.Div.) His writings have appeared in many periodicals, and he’s written 12 books on Bible science, including object lessons for children. He and his wife, Sally, have three married daughters.
Reader ReviewsSo, let me just start off by saying the following: 1. Young-earth creationists will like this book and think that it shows the unreliability of modern dating methods. 2. Evolutionists will dismiss it immediately. 3. Open-minded people who are perhaps on the fence on the issue of the earth's age will benefit from the point of view and the challenges the RATE group's 8 years of research present. It is clear that the reviews so far of 'Thousands not Billions' support my hypothesis. Now, on to the book. Here's a list of the chapters: Ch 1: A Brief History of Radiation Studies Ch 2: Overview of Radioisotope Dating Ch 3: Carbon-14 Dating Ch 4: Helium Retention in Zircon Crystals Ch 5: Radiohalos in Granite Ch 6: Fission Tracks in Zircons Ch 7: Discordant Radioisotope Dates Ch 8: Radioisotope Dating Case Studies Ch 9: Theories of Accelerated Nuclear Decay Ch 10: A Proper Reading of Genesis 1:1-2:3 Ch 11: RATE Conclusions Quotes from Ch 11, with summaries by me: "For some years there has been a growing realization that carbon-14 atoms are found where they are not expected." -Pg 175 Since C-14 only has a half-life of 5,730 years, there should not be any measurable amount of it in substances over 100,000 years old. However, measurable amounts of C-14 have been found in what are assumed "ancient" materials, such as coal and diamonds. Diamonds I think are the most significant, since they are assumed to be like a billion years old, and they are also the hardest natural substance on earth, so they know there isn't any contamination in the system. So the fact that there exists carbon-14 in diamonds that are supposedly a billion years old should raise some flags to people. "The New Mexico zircons studied by the RATE team have a radioisotope age of 1.5 billion years. If this were true, then the internal helium atoms should long ago have escaped from the zircons. Instead, however, the RATE scientists and others find high concentrations of helium still present inside the zircon crystals." -Pg 176 Zircons, unlike diamonds, are not a closed system, and helium atoms that are produced in the zircons escape over time into the surroundings. However, the helium should no longer be present if the zircons are really a billion years old or older. Another important aspect of the RATE research is the discordance among results when multiple dating methods are used on the same rock. Several different dating methods should all give the same date for a specific rock if they really are accurate measures. However, RATE has found that very different dates are given for a rock, depending on which method is used. Another thing that's really interesting is that RATE team had the Mt. Ngauruhoe site in New Zealand dated using several different dating techniques. The site formed only a few decades ago, but dates ranging from 0.27 million years (K-Ar) all the way up to 3,908 million years (Pb-Pb) were determined for the rock. This should also show the amazing unreliability of radiometric dating methods. If dating methods are shown to be grossly inaccurate for rocks of known age, how can we trust them for rocks of unknown age? I also really liked the chapter on interpreting the creation account of Genesis 1:1-2:3. It is a popular view among Christians that the creation account is poetry and not narrative. RATE did some analysis of the Hebrew verb forms of both poetry and narrative all throughout the Old Testament, and the results were overwhelmingly in favor of Genesis 1 being narrative, based on the type of verb forms found in the chapter. (Poetry generally uses imperfect, while narrative uses preterit.) Anyway, I would have liked to see a little more explanation/elaboration of research. But I do realize that this book is meant to be for the general public. RATE has produced two technical volumes from their 8 years of research that I think people who are advanced in science will benefit from more. Note: I think it's worth noting that the RATE team contracted out the dating of the materials in their research to well-respected professional laboratories, so the idea that their data is not reliable is totally ridiculous and unfounded.
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