What’s the Most Reliable Dating Method?

Without question, consulting a reliable eyewitness is the best method to discover the age of something. For example, a man can accurately determine his age based on his birth certificate because it was signed by reliable eyewitnesses of his birth.

The Bible provides God’s eyewitness testimony of how and when he created the earth.

God has always existed, knows all things, and cannot lie. Therefore, his Word is the infallible source of information regarding the age of the earth.

I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right. (Isaiah 45:19)

Your word is truth. (John 17:17)

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16–17)

It is impossible for God to lie. (Hebrews 6:18)

Two Models

Creationists and evolutionists share the same data. We study the same fossils, trees, and stars. We observe the same world, but we reach different conclusions because we have different starting points. Each worldview develops its own models to explain the data. Consider how these two models understand six sets of data in the photo below.

The Evidence Exists in the Present

Observational science deals with testing and verifying ideas in the present. Chemistry experiments in a laboratory and the ongoing study of a medicine’s effectiveness in treating a particular disease are examples of observational science.

Historical science involves the interpretation of evidence from the past that now exists in the present. A paleontologist’s narrative of a fossilized creature’s habits and an astronomer’s explanation of a star’s formation are examples of historical science.

Not all science is the same, and how you view the evidence is shaped by your worldview.

Start planning your trip to the Creation Museum to learn more about how observational science confirms the Bible—the most reliable dating method—in our Starting Points exhibit.