You'll Never Guess What Scientists Found in These Diamonds!

Geologist Dr. Andrew Snelling recalls his team's research on carbon-14 discovered in ancient diamonds. From the documentary "Is Genesis History?" Watch the full film on KZbin.
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[@Jwarrior123]

Amazing! But what does it mean? I mean how does this finding impact our knowledge?

[@IslandUsurper]

@@Jwarrior123 carbon-14 has a half-life short enough that you shouldn’t be able to detect any at all after some 10,000 years. I may have numbers off, but it’s nowhere near the millions or billions of years we are told is the age of the earth. So, these diamonds are necessarily young, and also got radioactive carbon from something besides cosmic rays in the atmosphere.

[@czmychal]

@@IslandUsurper On wikpedia it is said that C-14 has a half-life of barely 5700±30 years.

[@IslandUsurper]

@@czmychal right, so how many times can we halve the number of C-14 atoms before we can’t detect them? (Remember this is a similar idea as folding paper in half repeatedly; 6, maybe 7 before it gets super hard.) let’s be generous and say 10, because there are a lot of atoms. That’s 57,000 years or so. That’s a lot less than a million years, and almost nothing compared to a billion.

[@mixielot]

@@IslandUsurper ohh thank you so much for helping this to be understood :))

[@Jon-uu1by]

It means that "In the beginning, God formed the heaven and the earth".

[@markstasek5746]

The snippet of conversation was cut too short is all.

[@newcreationinchrist1423]

Praise God 🙌🙌🙌 all of creation testifies to his glory

[@tonysurber9111]

What he is saying is that the diamonds ( at least the ones tested )would have been made at the same time, and suggests a creation narrative. Also, if further tests of other diamonds continue to yield the same results, then how do you have billions of years of Earths history? There should be numerous ages. Or did volcanoes only erupt on one occasion in history?

[@TheMotWay]

It could be YECs do not tell you about the ways C14 can naturally be created in diamonds. The question is why would they not tell you about these natural processes??? The presence of carbon-14 in diamonds can indeed seem puzzling at first, given the long geological timescales traditionally associated with diamond formation. However, several factors may explain why C14 is detected, even though diamonds are thought to be millions to billions of years old. First, the trace amounts of carbon-14 found in diamonds are extremely small. Carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of 5,730 years, so in theory, any C14 in a diamond should have decayed away long ago. However, this trace presence could be due to contamination or background radiation from the surrounding environment or equipment during testing. Instruments measuring isotopes are incredibly sensitive and can pick up tiny amounts of modern carbon contamination, even from the air or handling. Additionally, radioactive decay in the Earth's crust can generate neutrons, which in turn can convert nitrogen (which diamonds sometimes contain) into carbon-14, producing C14 in materials deep within the Earth over time. This process, known as neutron capture, could account for the small amounts of carbon-14 detected in diamonds. The overall weight of evidence for the Earth's age, such as radiometric dating of rocks, ice core layers, and the fossil record, still strongly supports a planet that's about 4.5 billion years old. While questions like these are always good to explore and study, they don’t overturn the vast amount of evidence in favor of an ancient Earth.

[@karlbarros2849]

​@@TheMotWayWell said.

[@guydegroof9415]

You don’t prove a young earth theory, which is basically saying magic did it, by disproving evolution, you prove a young earth by providing evidence and the physics for it. Good luck with that.😂

[@sbgtrading]

It's not magic, or trickery or slight of hand. God created space/time/matter/life by supernatural means with his infinite intelligence.

[@czmychal]

Evolution is more like magic, if you ask me. The idea that every animal comes from unicellular organisms, yet there is no physical record of that. Or that everything just poped out of pure nothingness. Yeah, 100% naturalism. Totaly not superstitious.

[@jamemule5326]

Bodied evolution

[@rzella8022]

@@czmychal Exactly, evolution takes massive faith in magic, and faith that the Atheists pushing it are not desperately trying to concoct imaginative 'facts'. Yet so many are falling for this pseudoscience.

[@driventoaccount3276]

“ diamonds have never been in contact with the atmosphere “…….good thing your not a geologist.

[@iiiKingLongSwipeiii]

But they're not the hardest substance known anymore they "were" keyword... Used to be

[@stephencaffari2062]

I'm sorry but this means nothing. Diamonds do not prove a young earth.

[@markuse3472]

@@stephencaffari2062 But it proves diamonds are not millions of years old, in turn the Earth cannot be as old as evolution says.

[@charlesdahmital8095]

You cannot radio carbon date diamonds as they are not from organic sources. They are made from heat and pressure and do not have the same decay rate.

[@jkorling]

And no geologist ever claims radiocarbon dating is the method that should be used to determine the date of the earth.

[@james97531]

Contamination

[@karlbarros2849]

Show your math.

[@czmychal]

The conventional paradigma is shaking in fear in the world of science, but it will be a long time before it gives some space for other theories in public consciousness. It's like evolutionism penetrated spirituality of modern man, and it won't leave that easily.

[@mtman2]

Well they've no explanation of, 1) from nothing came Atomic structure, Immutable Laws and unlimited hidden energy in the material plane all locked in space & time; 2) then premise DNA somehow self invented, 3) all goes on to actually expect belief in the totally proven impossiblity by Hoyle Spontaneous Generation called abiogenesis in total hogwash of immense proportions in the suspension of disbelief, 4) let alone billions of types of unique entirely different fauna and flora plus lots more "self-invented", 5) with trillions of process's going on in their very selves as they regurgitate such ignorance as if it had to be true cause someone else said so = all paid for by the Globalist players at the top, 6) while the God of Creation is one prayer away to Spiritually to know Him and why He came among us 2,000yrs ago...!

[@spikenomoon]

It left me for many reasons.

[@proseyootoob]

The people who run this channel insist that you can’t be a Christian unless you believe the earth is 6000 years old. It’s nauseating.

[@sbgtrading]

Well, they provide necessary critique of conventional "accepted" science. Thats a good thing for science. Science calls out for skepticism and critical thought. Science is not about simple acceptance. Be wary of all humanistic philosophies like science, and test them in light of God's testimony about what actually took place in history.

[@proseyootoob]

@@sbgtrading be wary of anyone telling you you aren’t a Christian unless you believe the earth is 6000 years old, or that God is a three headed triangle thing that became his own son

[@TheMotWay]

@@sbgtrading 'Well, they provide necessary critique of conventional "accepted" science. ' But, they do not, otherwise they would agree with the Science which dates the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old. Tell me, why would they not mention the NATRUAL ways C14 can be generated in a diamond??? The presence of carbon-14 in diamonds can indeed seem puzzling at first, given the long geological timescales traditionally associated with diamond formation. However, several factors may explain why C14 is detected, even though diamonds are thought to be millions to billions of years old. First, the trace amounts of carbon-14 found in diamonds are extremely small. Carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of 5,730 years, so in theory, any C14 in a diamond should have decayed away long ago. However, this trace presence could be due to contamination or background radiation from the surrounding environment or equipment during testing. Instruments measuring isotopes are incredibly sensitive and can pick up tiny amounts of modern carbon contamination, even from the air or handling. Additionally, radioactive decay in the Earth's crust can generate neutrons, which in turn can convert nitrogen (which diamonds sometimes contain) into carbon-14, producing C14 in materials deep within the Earth over time. This process, known as neutron capture, could account for the small amounts of carbon-14 detected in diamonds. The overall weight of evidence for the Earth's age, such as radiometric dating of rocks, ice core layers, and the fossil record, still strongly supports a planet that's about 4.5 billion years old. While questions like these are always good to explore and study, they don’t overturn the vast amount of evidence in favor of an ancient Earth.

[@TheMotWay]

@@sbgtrading 'Well, they provide necessary critique of conventional "accepted" science.' The accepted science shows the Earth is 4.54 billion years old!!! Meanwhile, back in Reality!!! The presence of carbon-14 in diamonds can indeed seem puzzling at first, given the long geological timescales traditionally associated with diamond formation. However, several factors may explain why C14 is detected, even though diamonds are thought to be millions to billions of years old. First, the trace amounts of carbon-14 found in diamonds are extremely small. Carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of 5,730 years, so in theory, any C14 in a diamond should have decayed away long ago. However, this trace presence could be due to contamination or background radiation from the surrounding environment or equipment during testing. Instruments measuring isotopes are incredibly sensitive and can pick up tiny amounts of modern carbon contamination, even from the air or handling. Additionally, radioactive decay in the Earth's crust can generate neutrons, which in turn can convert nitrogen (which diamonds sometimes contain) into carbon-14, producing C14 in materials deep within the Earth over time. This process, known as neutron capture, could account for the small amounts of carbon-14 detected in diamonds. The overall weight of evidence for the Earth's age, such as radiometric dating of rocks, ice core layers, and the fossil record, still strongly supports a planet that's about 4.5 billion years old. While questions like these are always good to explore and study, they don’t overturn the vast amount of evidence in favor of an ancient Earth.

[@hughmacarthur]

This guy doesn't know 8th grade level geology. Subduction zones carry surface material under plates where they melt . Diamonds are made of carbon that occurs on the surface.

[@__WJK__]

So, are you saying diamonds are a conglemartion of surface carbons that have been melting within in subduction zones for eons, and this is why diamonds would date relatively close to each other(?) It's no that I disagree with your explanation, it's just that I did some digging and found the following interesting information... "Carbon found on Earth's surface does not directly match the carbon found in subduction zones; while both contain carbon, the primary source of carbon in subduction zones is primarily derived from the ocean floor sediments, including carbonate shells and organic matter, which are subducted beneath tectonic plates, meaning the composition of carbon differs significantly between the two locations."

[@TheMotWay]

@@__WJK__ There are other natural causes for C14 to be found in diamonds. The question is why do YECs not acknowledge this??? The presence of carbon-14 in diamonds can indeed seem puzzling at first, given the long geological timescales traditionally associated with diamond formation. However, several factors may explain why C14 is detected, even though diamonds are thought to be millions to billions of years old. First, the trace amounts of carbon-14 found in diamonds are extremely small. Carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of 5,730 years, so in theory, any C14 in a diamond should have decayed away long ago. However, this trace presence could be due to contamination or background radiation from the surrounding environment or equipment during testing. Instruments measuring isotopes are incredibly sensitive and can pick up tiny amounts of modern carbon contamination, even from the air or handling. Additionally, radioactive decay in the Earth's crust can generate neutrons, which in turn can convert nitrogen (which diamonds sometimes contain) into carbon-14, producing C14 in materials deep within the Earth over time. This process, known as neutron capture, could account for the small amounts of carbon-14 detected in diamonds. The overall weight of evidence for the Earth's age, such as radiometric dating of rocks, ice core layers, and the fossil record, still strongly supports a planet that's about 4.5 billion years old. While questions like these are always good to explore and study, they don’t overturn the vast amount of evidence in favor of an ancient Earth.

[@TheMotWay]

@@__WJK__ I'm sure as a YEC, when doing your 'research', you came across the natural ways C14 may be found in a diamond, right??? The presence of carbon-14 in diamonds can indeed seem puzzling at first, given the long geological timescales traditionally associated with diamond formation. However, several factors may explain why C14 is detected, even though diamonds are thought to be millions to billions of years old. First, the trace amounts of carbon-14 found in diamonds are extremely small. Carbon-14 has a relatively short half-life of 5,730 years, so in theory, any C14 in a diamond should have decayed away long ago. However, this trace presence could be due to contamination or background radiation from the surrounding environment or equipment during testing. Instruments measuring isotopes are incredibly sensitive and can pick up tiny amounts of modern carbon contamination, even from the air or handling. Additionally, radioactive decay in the Earth's crust can generate neutrons, which in turn can convert nitrogen (which diamonds sometimes contain) into carbon-14, producing C14 in materials deep within the Earth over time. This process, known as neutron capture, could account for the small amounts of carbon-14 detected in diamonds. The overall weight of evidence for the Earth's age, such as radiometric dating of rocks, ice core layers, and the fossil record, still strongly supports a planet that's about 4.5 billion years old. While questions like these are always good to explore and study, they don’t overturn the vast amount of evidence in favor of an ancient Earth.