Isotope dating is based on assumptions, but for the presence of a Sky Daddy they just need a piece of paper containing stories which have changed (sometimes quite wildly) over the past centuries. Right, makes perfect sense.
That bolt looks in suspiciously excellent condition.
It’s a crinoid.
You see, if you add up the ages of all the characters in the Bible, include exactly 7 total days for the creation of the Earth, you get the only possible answer for the age of the Earth.
welp, I feel dumber. I tell you hwhat
Are we sure these are real humans?
No point in taking apart the ignorance in display, but I found A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson to be eye opening, science history for laymen.
One related item surprised me. Long before we arrived at the Earth’s age, proto-scientists, natural philosophers or what have you, were puzzled. Even a couple of hundred years back they couldn’t explain the age of the Earth given their observations, thinking a few million years couldn’t be possible. Turns out, they were right, just not thinking big enough.
