Creationist Thinktank Propoganda

"The Institute for Creation Research has a project called RATE, whose intent was to overturn radiometric absolute dating methods as evidence for an old age of the earth. One of the arguments that they made was that diamonds contain significant levels of the radioactive carbon 14 (14C) isotope, indicating that they cannot be older than about 50,000 years old, and thus point to a young age of the earth." -Panda's Thumb

"Scientists associated with the Institute for Creation Research have finished an eight-year research project known as RATE, or Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth" and they claim that "the team of seven creation scientists have discovered incredible physical evidence that supports what the Bible says about the young age of the earth." -ICR's homepage for RATE

So let me get this straight. The Institute for Creation Research, a pro-intelligent design thinktank, has just spent 8 years trying to prove that diamonds have only existed for 50,000 years? I guess there's nothing wrong with that. Then they tried to suggest, provided their research in fact proved that diamonds are only 50,000 years old, that this "incredible physical evidence" constituted proof that God created the earth. Talk about a non sequitur! Even if diamonds did turn out to be only 50,000 years old, why in the name of God would that God created the earth? Here's the "logic." If diamonds are only 50,000 years old, they posit, then the earth is probably around the same age. The earth has existed for thousands, not billions, of years, they assert.

For the love of God.