Below is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood,
by Dr. Walt Brown. Copyright © Center for Scientific Creation. All rights reserved.
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If the Earth began in a molten state, it would have cooled to its present condition in much less than 4.5-billion years. This conclusion holds even if one makes liberal assumptions for the amount of heat generated by radioactive decay within Earth.a The known temperature pattern inside Earth is consistent only with a young Earth.