Debate: Is the bible 100% true
Side: yes

"If you are dating fossils that are less than 50000-70000 years old, which retain some organic molecules, you may use Carbon-14 dating. If you are dating fossils which are older, or do not contain organic matter, you may use potassium-argon or rubidium-strontium to date the adjoining rocks. If you are using relative dating, you may date using index fossils and the depth of your fossil relative to it, thus giving a correlated age since deeper is generally older."so i figured i'd check out fossil dating... and from what i understand... they don't actually test the fossil... they date it according to how far down it's buried and what rocks are near it... "The oldest method is stratigraphy, studying how deeply a fossil is buried. Dinosaur fossils are usually found in sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock layers (strata) are formed episodically as earth is deposited horizontally over time. Newer layers are formed on top of older layers, pressurizing them into rocks. Paleontologists can estimate the amount of time that has passed since the stratum containing the fossil was formed. Generally, deeper rocks and fossils are older than those found above them. Observations of the fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field, which leaves different magnetic fields in rocks from different geological eras. Dating a fossil in terms of approximately how many years old it is can be possible using radioisotope-dating of igneous rocks found near the fossil. Unstable radioactive isotopes of elements, such as Uranium-235, decay at constant, known rates over time (its half-life, which is over 700 million years). An accurate estimate of the rock's age can be determined by examining the ratios of the remaining radioactive element and its daughters. For example, when lava cools, it has no lead content but it does contain some radioactive Uranium (U-235). Over time, the unstable radioactive Uranium decays into its daughter, Lead-207, at a constant, known rate (its half-life). By comparing the relative proportion of Uranium-235 and Lead-207, the age of the igneous rock can be determined. Potassium-40 (which decays to argon-40) is also used to date fossils. ""Radioisotope dating cannot be used directly on fossils since they don't contain the unstable radioactive isotopes used in the dating process. To determine a fossil's age, igneous layers (volcanic rock) beneath the fossil (predating the fossil) and above it (representing a time after the dinosaur's existence) are dated, resulting in a time-range for the dinosaur's life. Thus, dinosaurs are dated with respect to volcanic eruptions. "bascially what i gather from this... it's just a long drawn out way of making a guess?from what i figure... if tectonic plates shift... wouldn't it be possible for fossils to move further down in the earth? or if something collapsed on a person... and they are found 200 years from now... would they be dated at millions of years old?how exactly is dating rocks an accurate way of testing the age of fossils?isn't it possible that they could be wrong?TrueThat said earlier that they found "soft tissue" in dinosaur bones... and maybe they should look closer at the how they date the age of dinos... instead of trying to figure out how "soft tissue" can survive as long as it has... after further investigating the dating system... i really think they should take a closer look at the dating of fossils...if it turns out their dating system is off... 1) how would it effect the theory of evolution?2) would you still have faith in science if it turns out that the fossils were millions of years younger?3) if the fossils were millions of years younger, would you still think evolution is correct?There is some science for you. I believed you were misinformed by the evolutionist.