Read many science books, and you’d get the idea that fossils and Carbon-14 dating prove that the earth is millions of years old. In reality, fossils don’t prove anything. They are simply dead bones that we attempt to understand through our belief system.
Take a look at the article on worldwide flood evidence and on the one on Carbon-14 dating below (both on AnswersinGenesis.org) for information on how these actually make complete sense in a biblical worldview and a young universe–how, in fact, the biblical flood explains perfectly what we find in the fossil record.
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