Les Feldick teaches that Noah's flood was a planet-wide catastrophe that changed everything, so it undermines dating methods like carbon-14 that assume conditions have remained continuous.
Les does not use the term 'carbon-14' in the clips provided, but he describes the flood as 'tumultuous' and 'cataclysmic,' says the whole planet 'erupted instantaneously,' and states that 'everything is different after the flood.' He also uses moon-dust measurements to argue the moon cannot be billions of years old. Because carbon-14 dating depends on continuous, uniform conditions, Les's teaching would make it unreliable for tracing history back millions of years.
Genesis 7:11 — The Bible describes the flood as involving the breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, pointing to a violent, planet-wide catastrophe rather than a gradual, uniform event.
The Bible does not mention carbon-14 or any radiometric dating method. But Scripture does describe Noah's flood as a world-covering catastrophe. In Genesis 7:11, we read that 'the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.' Genesis 7:19 says, 'And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.' These verses depict a catastrophic, global flood, not a gentle, local rising of water.
Les Feldick teaches that Noah's flood was not a simple rising of rainwater. He says it was 'tumultuous,' 'cataclysmic,' and so fantastic that 'the whole planet erupted instantaneously to such a degree that all of the evidence of that pre-flood civilization has been all but totally removed.' He also states that 'everything is different after the flood than it was before.' In addition, Les points to the moon-dust measurements taken by Apollo astronauts: the discovery that the dust was only a fraction of an inch led scientists to calibrate the age of the moon/earth at 'about 10,000 years at the most.' This teaching challenges any dating method that requires billions of years of uniform conditions.
Not by name. The provided transcripts do not include the words 'carbon-14' or 'radiometric dating.' Les does, however, teach that the flood was a planet-wide catastrophe that removed the pre-flood world, and he cites moon-dust measurements to argue the earth and moon cannot be billions of years old. That undermines the long-age time scale on which carbon-14 dating is often promoted.
Les explains that Apollo astronauts feared they would sink into deep dust on the moon, but found only about 12 inches. Scientists then built an instrument to measure how fast solar dust collects. The measured amount, Les says, 'meant the earth or the moon couldn't be over about 10,000 years at the most.' This supports Les's view that the earth is young, not billions of years old.
Les says 'everything is different after the flood than it was before.' He notes that in the pre-flood era, man and animals were not carnivorous, and he describes the flood as having totally destroyed and removed the pre-flood civilization. This shows that the conditions we see today are not the same conditions that existed before the flood — which is exactly what dating methods like carbon-14 must assume.
Moon Dust and the Young Earth
Les uses the thin layer of moon dust measured by Apollo astronauts to show the moon and earth are only about 10,000 years old, directly challenging the long ages that carbon-14 dating is used to support.
The Cataclysmic Flood
Les describes the flood as a tumultuous, cataclysmic event that caused the whole planet to erupt and removed virtually all evidence of the pre-flood civilization.
Everything Different After the Flood
Les explains that after the flood everything was different and even the diet of man and animals changed, showing why today's uniform conditions cannot be projected backward.
Why God Destroyed the Earth with a Flood (Genesis 6 Explained)
They will not accept the fact that this world at one time was totally demolished and destroyed and renovated by Noah's flood. I always like to remind my classes, I've never had anyone refute this, I don't think you can find a single college or high school textbook in either the literatures or the history or in the sciences that will ever maintain the fact of Noah's flood. They will not do it.
Understanding the Tower of Babel: Genesis 9-11 Explained
And I think perhaps that's the reason, then, that Noah lost his influence, because we're going to see in the moments to follow. The human race is going to take another tack straight down, in spite of all the knowledge that Noah and his three sons have concerning the will of God.
Understanding the Tower of Babel: Genesis 9-11 Explained
And Noah, as someone just expressed after our last program, they had read or heard that in conference with what I said, that evidently before the flood there was no fermentation, there was no mention of alcohol or drunkenness for sure. And maybe as a result then of the change brought about by the flood or whatever, very possible, I wouldn't argue the point, that maybe Noah didn't realize that what…
Biblical Timeline to the Flood
Les places Noah's flood at about 2400 B.C., roughly 1600 years after Adam, giving a biblically young time frame rather than millions of years.
Noah’s Flood & The Middle East Oil Prophecy | Genesis Bible Study
All right, so coming back now, then, if you will, to Noah's flood, I hope you've been asking yourself the question, well, now, if there was such turmoil, and with all these great tidal waves being caused by the earthquakes and the volcanoes, what about this ark? Even though it was built sturdily, and even though it was built of tremendous water-capable lumber, how did it survive? Well, do you reme…
Genesis 7:11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
This verse describes the breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, illustrating the catastrophic nature of the flood.
Genesis 7:19: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
This verse shows the flood covered all the high hills under the whole heaven, confirming a global catastrophe.
Genesis 7:20: Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
This verse adds that the waters covered the mountains by fifteen cubits, further emphasizing the worldwide scale.
No, the Bible does not mention carbon-14 or any radiometric dating method. It does describe the flood as a global catastrophe that covered the highest hills (Genesis 7:19).
Based on the moon-dust measurements, Les says the earth and moon cannot be over about 10,000 years at the most, a fraction of the billions of years typically assumed.
Les teaches that the flood changed everything and was not a gradual process. Dating methods like carbon-14 depend on conditions remaining continuous, but the flood interrupted those conditions on a planet-wide scale.
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