Polonium Halos Contradict Evolution?

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Polonium Halos Contradict Evolution?

Post by robbyyoung » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:49 am

Hello All,

An individual by the name of "Planet Judah" has a youtube channel with the following video-https://youtu.be/29y20qBEQ28-and description:

A paradigm shifting video, that details the amazing evidence that polonium halos offer - that the Earth was rapidly formed and did not cool over millions of years. The video, shot mostly in California, takes the viewer to picturesque Yosemite National Park during the winter and the regions surrounding Palm Springs and Bishop where granites are plainly visible. Three-dimensional graphic animations are included to help convey the process of halo formation from nuclear particles. Instrumentation similar to that used to gather the published data on the polonium halos is shown along with simple demonstrations which illustrate the basic concepts of a short-lived nuclear emitter.

Dr. Gentry explains the history of the origin of granite and scientists' attempts to arrive at a universally accepted model of its formation. Brief commentaries on Robert Gentry's research are given by Dr. Bruce Holman, Wisconsin Lutheran College, and Dr. Andrew Snelling, Creation Science Foundation of Australia. Dr. Snelling comments on granite formation theories comprise the final minutes of the video.

THIS VIDEO WAS UPLOADED WITH PERMISSION from Dr. Robert Gentry of Earth Science Associates. You may learn more at his official websites:

http://www.halos.com/
http://www.orionfdn.org/

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I've found this very interesting and hope to hear from those in the scientific community, and others, who can explain this phenomenon. In other words, does Doctor Gentry's conclusions and research still stand as valid?

There is debate concerning Young Earth Creation. However, instant creation is not foreign to scripture. After all, miracles of this sort are present throughout the biblical account. One that I regularly use is Adam & Eve created with age, or the loaves of bread fed to the crowd regenerated from scraps, that were freshly baked and ready to eat instantaneously! Creation was a miracle on large scale, spoken into existence. Polonium Halos seem to testify that granite formed instantly, miraculously and defies a natural explanation.

God Bless.

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Re: Polonium Halos Contradict Evolution?

Post by backwoodsman » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:43 am

The polonium halo idea was put forth in the 1980's. Further research disproved it in the late '80's and '90's.

There's a flaw in the logic of those who use polonium halos as evidence of a young earth: If they're proof of anything, it's that creation happened not instantaneously, but over a period of time. How long a period? That's a different question, the answer to which is not yet known.

One thing that is known is that the hypothesis introduces many other problems that have to be dealt with for it to work. Unfortunately, in dealing with those, it's completely unraveled, rather than supported.

This article explains some of those problems:
http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo005/Nr8Po-halos.pdf

Hugh Ross has a brief explanation from an old-earth creationist perspective that can be found here, quoted from his book, "A Matter of Days":
https://creationevolutiondesign.blogspo ... chive.html
(It's a long page; fastest way to find it will be to search the page for 'crosscut'.)

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