It isn’t just the meaning of the word “theory” which Creationists get wrong, viewing it merely as a synonym for “opinion”. They also are confused about the meaning of the word “proof”, which for them merely is a synonym for “belief”.
… [T]here are many powerful examples of scientific evidences that are inconsistent with an old earth, such as C-14 in diamonds. But the proof that the earth is young is that this is the clear teaching of the Bible, which cannot be wrong since any alternative leads to irrationality.
Don’t bother to actually read the linked item. It’s entirely dependent upon the same tortured illogic they use all the time over there, wherein (as I wrote before) “because the laws of logic necessarily come from God, atheists and their materialistic worldview can’t make use of logic without automatically admitting that God exists”.
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