Scientists also puzzle over how there can be a gap in the geological record of millions of years. They assume there must have been a worldwide flood to wipe out the layers of soil during those years. They think that is some new and revolutionary idea, but the Bible already told us that there was a world wide flood. Carbon dating is very accurate but it has its limitations. It depends on knowing the amount of radiation when an animal or plant dies and measuring how much is left to determine how much is lost over time. That tells you how long ago it died. If you know that a timer counts down from ten to zero at a rate of one a second, it takes ten seconds to do it. If you see the timer reads three, you know it started seven seconds ago. Scientists assume that the level of radiation has been consistent down through time, yet they have no proof of that. The Bible says that isn’t true. The geological record is all there but their dating of the different levels of soil is in error. The Bible tells us that the earth once had a canopy of water vapor and we know this is possible because those conditions currently exist on Venus. That makes a difference. Scientists took a living mollusk (clam) and tested it. Tests showed it died 1500 years ago, yet it was still living. The mollusk lives under water and the water shields it from radiation so it absorbs less radiation than an animal on land. If the timer started at seven, it only takes four seconds to reach three. If you assume it started at ten you would be wrong in assuming it started seven minutes ago. The blanket of water vapor would have shielded the earth from the sun’s radiation and could have thrown their calculations off by millions of years. Something six thousand years old could have measured six million years old if you assume it started with today’s radiation level. The gap is easy to explain. If the flood happened 6000 years ago, something dying in the flood might measure six million years old while something dying a year later after the flood would measure 6000 years old. They also point to the Grand Canyon and petrified forests as evidence that the earth is millions of years old but when Mt St. Helens exploded back in 1980 it showed that both assumptions were false. See my course on Basic Christian Beliefs.