Regarding:Does the lack of lunar dust prove creationists are right? (Nov. 6, 1981)
Of course Mr. Adams is correct about the matter. I’d like to make the further point that the impact craters covering the moon make an unusually efficient argument against young-earth creationism.
If the moon is only a few days older than humanity, why are there no reports of seeing meteorites strike the moon? The Bible makes no mention of big explosions on the moon. No ancient civilization left records of seeing any such thing.
The explosions would certainly be big enough to see. They left craters that make the moon visibly textured to the naked eye.
I grew up with young earth believers, and many of them aren’t stupid. Generally they regard evidence of anything existing before modern humans as too complex to be reliable. Radioactive dating? Continental drift? Mutation rates? These are things that can’t be instantly and intuitively grasped. They can avoid studying them and thinking about them. And if there are a few “experts” making arguments supporting their beliefs, then there’s no reason to worry about such things.
Moon craters can be instantly and intuitively understood.
Of course, no evidence will instantly open the eyes and minds of people who don’t want to believe it, and there are a dozen ways to wave this away. But if you need a simple question to present to a young-earth believer, moon craters work pretty well.