How can the earth be millions of yrs old and we can't find a tree over 10K yrs old?

How can the earth be millions of years old and we can't find a tree over 10K yrs old?

I don't know how old the earth is...neither do you friend.

But can't you skeptics just admit this is puzzling to your worldview? I mean many of those that believe in a young earth put it around 10K years
old...right in line with the age of this tree in Sweden...

World's Oldest Living Tree -- 9550 Years Old -- Discovered In Sweden
ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2008) — The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden. The spruce tree has
shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over
time.

For many years the spruce tree has been regarded as a relative newcomer in the Swedish mountain region. "Our results have shown the complete
opposite, that the spruce is one of the oldest known trees in the mountain range," says Leif Kullman, Professor of Physical Geography at Umeå
University.

A fascinating discovery was made under the crown of a spruce in Fulu Mountain in Dalarna. Scientists found four "generations" of spruce remains in
the form of cones and wood produced from the highest grounds.

The discovery showed trees of 375, 5,660, 9,000 and 9,550 years old and everything displayed clear signs that they have the same genetic makeup as the
trees above them. Since spruce trees can multiply with root penetrating braches, they can produce exact copies, or clones.

The tree now growing above the finding place and the wood pieces dating 9,550 years have the same genetic material. The actual has been tested by
carbon-14 dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida, USA.

Previously, pine trees in North America have been cited as the oldest at 4,000 to 5,000 years old

The discovery showed trees of 375, 5,660, 9,000 and 9,550 years old and everything displayed clear signs that they
have the same genetic makeup as the trees above them.

Notice that the various-aged-trees had the "same genetic make-up" meaning that the basic substances that the each tree were extremely similiar..so
why haven't we found older ones with the same make-up....could it be something as simple as the earth wasn't here then?

Because trees are a living thing and eventually they die. Rocks and earth are inanimate things which are not living species. Like all flora and fauna
species tress have a life expectancy. Sorry, but thats a really weak argument for creationism in this instance

Over time, the chemical and physical properties of the plant remains (believed to mainly have been fern-like species antedating more modern
plant and tree species) were changed by geological action to create a solid material.

Trees die, tectonic plates shift, climates change, the raw material of the ex tree is compressed into the earth, broken down and crushed into coal
over thousands of years.

The oldest human to have ever lived was 122 years old, should we assume the Earth is no older than that?

The oldest tortoise was 188, should we also assume this is the oldest the Earth can be?

The fact we found a tree that has lived nearly 10,000 years is incredible, but shouldn't indicate the age of the Earth in any way. Trees from the
"petrified forest" existed more than 3 million years ago (and repudiates the notion we can't find a tree
over 10K yrs old).

We may not have living trees over 10,000 years old but we do have fossilized amber (which is produced by trees) that date to 320 million years ago. So
clearly trees have been around for quite some time.

While Pando isn’t technically the oldest individual tree, this clonal colony of Quaking Aspen in Utah is truly ancient. The 105-acre colony is made
of genetically identical trees, called stems, connected by a single root system. The “trembling giant” got its start at least 80,000 years
ago, when all of our human ancestors were still living in Africa. But some estimate the woodland could be as old as 1 million years, which
would mean Pando predates the earliest Homo sapiens by 800,000 years. At 6,615 tons, Pando is also the heaviest living organism on earth.

I have heard of this beast before. Simply an amazing organism and quite ancient.

Originally posted by OzWeatherman
Because trees are a living thing and eventually they die. Rocks and earth are inanimate things which are not living species. Like all flora and fauna
species tress have a life expectancy. Sorry, but thats a really weak argument for creationism in this instance

I didn't know that the earth was created with trees? I though trees eventually grew on them when they could?

Your tree argument is actually in conflict with a theory that the earth is anything but millions of years old. Considering every other planet within
this solar system has NO trees, yet they exist here on earth. There for trees on this planet by way of logic had to have grown here, which implies a
drastic change from something like mars, mercury, or Venus (our closest planets) to what earth is today, it just doesn't make sense something like
that could occur over a mere 10 thousand years...

There are multitudes of different way that all lead to the evidence earth is millions of years old. How old life is here though is another question
all together.

You are right though, I cannot claim absolute knowledge and fact to how old the earth is.

Notice the ZERO flags...It is just a ridiculous question. So are you saying that YOU THINK the earth is only 10,000 years old? Did you get this idea
after reading "the good book"? I'm guessing you think dinosaurs are made up to, eh?

Are you trying to posit some judeo-christian world view with this? Well the basic nuts and bolts can be explained by for instance...THE ICE AGE

there have been countless. Now hows about the fern? they have been proven to be around for more then a couple 100 million years.

Here's my question to you....what test did they use on the tree in Sweden?...radio carbon dating...ok well in at least as far as that method is valid
AND since it is from the same parameters...Radio Carbon dating has found any number of biological life forms that date back 100's of millions of
years....yes from right here on this ol earth.

Is it possible carbon dating is flawed?...sure but the inverse of your conjecture subjects itself to the same parameters.

The Above Top Secret Web site is a wholly owned social content community of The Above Network, LLC.

This content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression.