Counsel #13 — Biological Evidence

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Another type of evidence that is not compatible with the radiometric dating time scale is biological rather than geological. After death, an organism's body, which is rich in proteins, begins to decompose. Chemists understand the breakdown rates of various molecules, including proteins. Although this process is slow, all the proteins should eventually degrade within a few thousand years. Therefore, if a body has been buried in rock for a million years, there shouldn’t be any protein left. However, dinosaurs and other fossils, believed to be 60 million years old or more, still have identifiable protein in their fossilized remains. This has been confirmed in many fossils. Paleontologists report a strong smell of decay when they first dig into a dinosaur quarry. If millions of years had truly passed, this protein shouldn’t still be there. This evidence alone argues that those “millions of years” cannot be accurate. Researchers try to understand how the protein could last so long, but refusing to look beyond their own worldview, it is impossible to explain.^{[225]https://creation.com/original-animal-protein-fossils}CCW 150.2

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.” Job 12:7 NCVCCW 150.3

“All truth, whether in nature or in revelation, is consistent with itself in all its manifestations.” Ellen White in Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 114CCW 150.4

Reflect: Why do you think modern scientists still use radiometric dating with all its flaws and inconsistencies?CCW 150.5