C14 #6

by uncle_onion 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  uncle_onion

  "The moon is slowly receding for the earth at about 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year, and this rate would have been greater in the past. But even if the moon had started receding from being in contact with the earth, it would have taken only 1.37 billion years to reach its present distance from the earth. This gives a maximum age of the moon, not the actual age. This is far too young for evolutionists who claim the moon is 4.6 billion years old. It is also much younger than the radiometric "dates" assigned to moon rocks"

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  UO
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  Abaddon

  Calm down Uncle O, just remember anything can be dressed up pretty. Even a pig.

  Okay, the Moon is probably the result of a impact between the Earth and another large object. This completely rubbishes their assertions.

  Also, they seem to have forgotten that gravity reduces at the inverse square. In other words, when closer to the Earth it would have moved away less with each year. Thus it would take longer than the quoted time to reach its current orbit.
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  LittleToe

  Gyles:
  Wouldn't that make it younger still?
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  DannyBloem

  This isn't that easy as it sounds. The moving away of the moon is not constant. The earth moon system is very complex.

  Why does the moon move away, where does the energy go? There is always the law that energy can not be lost.
  In the case of the earth moon system the energy goes into the friction caused by the tidal movement of the moon. That is why the moon is moving away.
  So how much the moon moves away depends on the situation on earth. This rate could and was very different in the past. Especially in the situation of an iceball earth or in ice age periods.
  there are many more things that influence this system.

  We just can not calculate this exactly, and give a reasonable age of the moon by this method.

  DB