By G. Brent Dalrymple

RADIOMETRIC DATING

He concern for the many years regarding the world as well as its stone formations and features has fascinated philosophers, theologians, and researchers for years and years, mainly since the answers place our everyday lives in temporal perspective. This question was principally in the hands of theologians, who based their calculations on biblical chronology until the 18th century. Bishop James Ussher, a 17th-century Irish cleric, for instance, calculated that creation happened in 4004 B.C. There were a number of other estimates that are such nevertheless they invariably triggered a world just a few thousand yrs old. Continue reading →