User talk:SouthWriter/sandbox/An atheist's objections/@comment-1777104-20100810200316

Des, I don't see where I have ever even hinted that I reject any particular scientific tool that might contradict my beliefs. Radiometric dating is based on the flawed concept of comparing the present amounts of isotopes in mixture with their "daughter" elements to assumed amounts of the isotopes by themselves. That original "pure" isotope is impossible to determine. Furthermore, the number of factors that could interrupt the process is large. What we are left with is conjecture.

Inside the cells, working with the complex information of the DNA, is a complex "community" of systems that put together proteins and other "ingredients" to make living things "live." This is far from the "same principle" of simple atomic decay observed in minerals. In fact, it is the exact opposite of the purpose and use of DNA within the cell. I can only assume you mean that scientists use the same principle(s) in observing both processes.