Those are good questions, Major. You have indeed corrected me in how I stated my experience with radiometric dating. You are correct in stating that the measurement of the isotopic carbon is accurate. I misstated my analysis when addressing the accuracy of the measurements. Instruments do indeed measure what they are set to detect, and they are calibrated to make the determined accuracies.
The problem is in the massive quantities of assumptions about where those isotopes come from, and the rate of infusion into the materials being measured. They have absolutely no controlled experimentation upon which to base their assumptions because it would take those millions of years of experimentation in a controlled lab environment to verify what they think they know about it.
In other words, this method of dating is just as riddled with erroneous, pre-biased assumptions as anything else they apply to long ages of earth history. I have seen with my own eyes verified human footprints in the same rock layers as dinosaurs. Anyone here can go and see them down in Glenn Rose (sp), Texas. There are other sites where the same phenomenon has been observed, much to the dismay and hatred of evolutionists.
There are many Creation Science experts who have published many books and articles on the evidences for young earth science.
Besides that, we also have the Bible. One must assume into the Hebrew texts what simply isn't there to get long ages, and I have already covered the horrid reality of the problem long age theories among Christians creates when reading Genesis. To date, nobody in here has addressed what I have pointed out in this regard in places such as POST #28 in this thread. Long ages of earth history is an utter contradiction to Genesis and many other areas of the Bible.
Thanks for your discussion on this topic, Major. I very much appreciate correction and level-headed discussion on this topic.
Love you all.
MM