How reliable is science? new carbon dating problems (The limitations of science)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, July 27, 2015, 22:51 (3405 days ago) @ David Turell

Tony: The things that irritate me are when there is circular logic (i.e. the rock strata is dated based on the organisms it contains and the organisms are dated based on the rock strata), when the visible evidence contrdicts the hypothesis (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html), or when they start trying use these speculative hypotheses to prop up other speculative hypotheses, like evolution.
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>David: How do you explain The rock strata I've seen and touched in the Grand Canyon. Are they all the same age? Or the Great Unconformity in which missing layers are found only elsewhere in the world? Doesn't the evidence show the Earth adds layers as it ages?-No one ever claimed that the earth does not add layers as it ages, but there are limitations to that. That being said, here are some counter questions:-Is age the ONLY way that layers are formed in the earth?
How is that soil being tranferred into these layers? How is it being accumulated?
Are layers uniform enough to be a reliable indicator of age? (like counting tree rings)
How do you explain horizontal layers around vertical objects?

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