The Case for a Biblical Worldview Part 2TCF Sunday SchoolSunday,
April 17, 2011
AgendaDefining TermsTheories vs. Facts Big Bang
CosmologyEvolutionary TheoryDating TechniquesEvidences for a Young
Earth
DefinitionsNaturalism - a philosophical viewpoint according to
which everything arises from natural properties and causes.
Supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or
discounted.Evolution - The idea that all life has come from a
common ancestor through a process of modification over time.
Definitions ContdMacro-evolution: Large hypothetical changes
which occur in an individual or in a population of organisms which
produce an entirely new category or novel traitMicro-evolution:
Small adaptations within a population of organisms which allow a
certain trait to be expressed to a greater or lesser degree than
before; variation within a given category
Definitions ContdOperational or Empirical Science - deals with
the present by testing and verifying ideas in the observable
present and leads to useful products and/or conclusionsHistorical
(Origins) Science - deals with the unobservable past and involves
interpreting evidence from the past
Theories vs. FactsMiasma and Dyscrasia TheoriesBig Bang
ThoeryEvolutionary TheorySummary
Dating the PastUniformitarianism - In the philosophy of
naturalism, uniformitarianism assumes that the same natural laws
and processes that operate and are observed in the universe now,
have always operated in the universe in the past and apply
everywhere in the universe. Uniformitarianism, like naturalism, is
a philosophical assumption, not a fact.
How Dating Methods Work - The Potato Peeling ExampleBasket of
Peeled PotatoesSack of Unpeeled PotatoesWaste-basket full of
PeelingsClock is on the Wall
Potato Peeling ExampleWhat were the three (3) assumptions made
in this example?1) The rate at which the potatoes were peeled
before the observer came into the room2) The number of unpeeled
potatoes before the observer came into the room3) The number of
peeled potatoes before the observer came into the room
Radio Carbon Dating TechniqueRadio carbon (Carbon-12/Carbon-14)
dating is limited to things that were once livingKeep in mind that
the upper date limit (factored with typical assumptions) using this
method is approximately 60,000 yearsWhat factors can affect the
production rate of carbon-14 in the atmosphere?The Earths Magnetic
Field, The Genesis Flood
Radiometric Dating TechniquesRadioisotope dating techniques are
limited to igneous and metamorphic type rocksMeasures radioactive
decay within the sampleUranium decays into Lead
Radiometric Dating TechniquesWhat are the assumptions?Constant
Decay Rate (uniformitarian assumption)Parent and daughter elements
have not changedThe amount of daughter elements are known at the
startModern isochron dating techniques address items 2 and 3
aboveEvidence is now pointing to decay rates being higher in the
past
Evidence for a Young EarthGravitational Time Dilation
TheoryRadiohalos in GraniteHelium Retention in Zircon
CrystalsCarbon-14 in Coal and Diamond Samples
Application & SummaryWhen interpreting the World around us
we must always start with the Word of GodWe must discern the
difference between what is fact and what is theoryThere is plenty
of evidence for a young Earth thats consistent with what the Bible
teaches
