Why C-14 Dating?
The numerous critiques raised by strict creationists have not been taken seriously by the secular scientists and even some evangelicals, such as ASA members. Why was this so? The key factor was the ready availability of the gap and day-age interpretations of Genesis 1. In fact, most evangelicals, and even Adventists who refuted the flood theory and the idea of a young earth, could accept one of these interpretations without seriously compromising evangelical tenets. For example, Edwin K. Gedney, Peter W. Stoner and Davis A. Young accept the day-age view. The second reason was the overwhelming number of practicing scientists who accepted C-14 dating. Most strict creationists, with the exception of G.E. Aardsma at the ICR, were not technical experts on the C-14 dating method, not having advanced degrees in geochronology, geochemistry, or radiometry. If we were to compare the backgrounds of those critics of the C-14 method who published in CRSQ with those who supported C-14 dating (such a
