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Yup, one can hold your beliefs, yet recognize the logical flaws in dating methods.[Q
you left out how they determined the house was there in 1950???
the answer is someone knew it was there so NO that is not circular reasoning,,,and that in no way proves they died in 1950 ,,,its all assumption
but with rocks they assume they were there millions of yrs ago without any proof
You hit on the flaw.
My example assumed that nobody had any record of when the house was built but just guessed. Not much different that the Geological Time Charts that lays out the epochs.
The Geological Time Charts were invented in the 18th century by scientists that actually had very limited data. Since then everything has been conveniently fitted into the charts including dating fossils by sedimentary rock and sedimentary rock by fossils. Not much different than somebody just guessing on the age of the house in my example.
For the record. I believe that the earth is 4.5 billion years old.I believe that there has been life for a billion years and more advanced life for a half billion years.
However, that doesn't mean there are not serious flaws in our understanding of the history of the earth.
The fossil and sedimentary record is a great example of circular logic and the flaws we have in science.