In 1980, Mount St. Helens (in Washington State, USA) erupted, blasting the top and side off the mountain.

Then, as volcanoes do, it began to rebuild. In 1992, samples of new volcanic rock—KNOWN to be only about 10 years old—were dated using standard radiometric dating techniques.

The results were eyeopening.

Radiometric dating is not all it’s cracked up to be! In fact, it’s fair to ask: “Can radiometric dates be trusted at all?”

Join geologist Dr Tas Walker for a discussion of the Mount St. Helens eruption and its aftermath, the fundamental flaws in radiometric dating methods, and the relevance of the age of the earth to people’s view of the world.

⏳ TIMESTAMPS ⌛
00:00 Teaser
00:40 Introduction: What’s the deal with Mount St. Helens?
02:33 Dating rocks from Mount St. Helens
04:34 Assumptions underlie radiometric dating
05:57 Three samples, three dates: 350,000 – 2.8 million years
07:36 Storytelling accompanies radiometric dating
11:10 How can we get ACCURATE dates?
12:29 How were the Mount St. Helens dates received? Handling objections
17:05 Carbon dating gives good evidence for a YOUNG earth!
18:37 The only way to be sure of the age of something
19:58 Different kinds of radiometric dating
21:19 Radiometric dating seems so SCIENTIFIC – How can it not be right?
23:00 What to do when the dates don’t fit the expectations
27:56 Is it okay to publish dates/perspectives that don’t match existing expectations?
31:51 The age of the earth is a critical part of people’s worldview
33:38 So, what do longage geologists think of Mount St. Helens?
35:55 Other lessons from Mount St. Helens:
36:09 → Geologic layers can be deposited rapidly
36:59 → Erosion can happen rapidly
38:02 Geologists are now more accepting of catastrophism, but won’t let go of long ages
39:17 In conclusion: The age of the earth matters to both the biblical and the naturalistic worldviews

✍ LINKS AND SHOW NOTES
• Learning the lessons of Mount St Helens: How its eruption backs biblical history – https://creation.com/lessonsfrommou...
• Radiodating in rubble: The lava dome at Mount St Helens debunks dating methods – https://creation.com/radiodatingin...
• Countering the critics: Radiodating in Rubble – https://creation.com/counteringthec...
• More questions on the dating of Mount St Helens lava dome – https://creation.com/morequestionso...
• Excess argon within mineral concentrates from the new dacite lava dome at Mount St Helens volcano – https://creation.com/excessargonwit...
• More and more wrong dates: Radiodating in Rubble – https://creation.com/moreandmorewr...
• A helpful explanation of how dating methods are necessarily based on assumptions –    • Why the Earth Can’t be Old!  

HELPFUL RESOURCES
• Mount St. Helens: Modern Day Evidence for the World Wide Flood – https://creation.com/s/358620
• Footprints in the Ash: The Explosive Story of Mount St. Helens – https://creation.com/s/102162
• Biblical Geology 101 – https://creation.com/s/102675
• Geology by the Book: A Deluge of Evidence – https://creation.com/s/358647

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