The TS was C-14 dated using accelerator mass spectrometry. However, using AMS, it has detected C-14 in coal deposits. This means according to AMS, coal deposits cannot be older than 40,000 years.
“Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), a sensitive radiometric dating technique, is in some cases finding trace amounts of radioactive carbon-14 in coal deposits, amounts that seem to indicate an age of around 40,000 years.”
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/c14.html
However, coal deposits supposedly have formed millions of years ago.
Coal deposits are known to have formed more than 400 million years ago. Most anthracite and bituminous coals occur within the 299- to 359.2-million-year-old strata of the Carboniferous Period, the so-called first coal age. The formation of coal deposits continued through the Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic periods into the “second coal age,” which includes the Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neogene periods. Coals of the Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 65.5 million years ago) are generally in the high-volatile to medium-volatile bituminous ranks. Cenozoic coals, formed less than 65.5 million years ago, are predominantly of the subbituminous and lignitic ranks.
https://www.britannica.com/technology/c … l-deposits
So, if we trust AMS C-14 dating, then obviously coal deposits are not millions of years old, but at a maximum is 40,000 years old. If one uses AMS C-14 dating as conclusive evidence no matter what the other evidence leads to, then I can likewise claim C-14 proves deep time is false. Are you willing to accept the earth is young based on C-14 dating?
https://debatingchristianity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1110947#p1110947
C-14 doesn’t have the range to address “deep time” (assuming that means millions or billions of years and not tens of thousands).
If deep time is true, then of course there should be no C-14 that can be detected. But, the evidence has shown there are C-14 that has been detected in coal deposits. My argument is not against deep time — that can be for another thread. But my argument is if anyone claims C-14 dating conclusively proves the date of the shroud to be 1260 – 1390, then I will likewise claim coal deposits are conclusively dated to 40,000 years old.
“Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), a sensitive radiometric dating technique, is in some cases finding trace amounts of radioactive carbon-14 in coal deposits, amounts that seem to indicate an age of around 40,000 years.”
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/c14.html
I’ll be interested to see this … whether the arguments are against the technique itself, or expected problems with the sample and its handling.
Again, I’m not arguing against the science of C-14, but will point out procedural errors in the testing.
https://debatingchristianity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1111625#p1111625