Claim CD610:

The rim of Niagara Falls erodes at four to five feet per year, indicating that it could not be more than 10,000 years old. Therefore, the earth is not more than 10,000 years old.

Source:

Morris, John D., 2003 (May). Dating Niagara Falls, Impact #359.
Pathlights, n.d. The age of the earth. http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/05agee3.htm

Response:

  1. The age of Niagara Falls is not the age of the earth. Geologists estimate that Niagara Falls originated about 7,000 years ago, sometime after the end of the last glacial episode. This says nothing about how old the rest of the earth is, though.

Links:

Matson, Dave E., 1994. How good are those young-earth arguments? A close look at Dr. Hovind's list of young-earth arguments and other claims. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-yea2.html#proof17
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