I am not a scientist but do wonder how, if evoloution is true how did the radio active elements evolve from hydrogen and then begin their decay rate?
Elements heavier than hydrogen were formed in the centers of giant stars. Giant stars eventually explode (supernova). The heavy elements are spread by the explosion.
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There are just too many assumptions for the serious student.
Biblical literalism doesn't rely on assumptions?
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Science shows bones quickly disappear soon after animals die.
Most bones do. Fossilization is a rare event.
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With a flood the size of Noah's there would be huge amounts of water borne sediments trapping millions of animals and burying them quickly. Thus they would be protected from destruction by bacteria or preditors.
A single flood produces one layer of sediment, coarse material on the bottom and finer material on top. This can be found in any geology text, even some written 150 years ago. If Noah's flood had happened we would expect to see a massive sediment layer like this on top of a dense jumble of fossils of all types. Trilobites, Anomalocardids, archaeopteryx, cynodictis, arsinoitherium, dinosaurs, humans, giraffes, rabbits and Tasmanian devils all in the same layer. Nothing like this is found in the geological record.
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There is nothing in uniformitarianism which begins to explain the huge fossil grave yards found in various places in the world.
Uniformitarianism is not an explanation it's a principle (not an assumption because there is evidence) that physical processes act in the same manner now as they did in the past. Huge fossil graveyards have been explained by huge releases of poison gas or ash from volcanoes killing lots of animals at once before they were buried (dinosaurs in Montana and mammals in Kansas).
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Consider the numbers of bison and carier pigions killed in this contry. Where are the fossils?
During and after the late 19th century bison extermination people made a living collecting bones to be ground up for fertilizer. Passenger pigieons were hunted mostly for sale in city markets. After cooking a bird and gnawing the bones what happens to them. they go to a landfill or get dumped in the ocean. Not good conditions for fossilization even if fossilization could occur in less than 200 years.
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