The carbon dating bull**** as you say, should really be undisputable. Yes, we know that certain elements or compounds have a known rate of decay. Yes, we can say that said rock is 3 million years old.
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God could have made the world 5000 years ago, complete with fossils, and 2.99 billion year old rocks and isotopes. After all, if God is perfect, then he would really make the planet perfect.
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But then why would he tell us through human mediums not any more believable than joe-crackpot that the world is 5000 years old, when he knew we would not be able to rationalize this with the scientific evidence?
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God works in mysterious ways, my son, it is not up to you to question his will. Just live by it.
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So I can\'t question things he (if he\'s omnipotent/all powerfull) must have left on purpose here for me to question, and I can\'t choose incorrectly because I could damn my sould to an eternity of torment.
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Yeah.
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Right.