"Some have thought that the presence of certain radioactive substances which apparently have resulted as disintegration products of other radioactive substances through periods of many thousands of years, e.g., the uranium series, must indicate that the inorganic portions of the earth were in existence long before the first day of creation. However, it should be borne in mind that such an assumption is merely a limitation, in the minds of these individuals, of the power of the Creator."

"It is usually based upon the assumption that the Creator was unable to create these substances in varying stages of decomposition into simpler substances. For example, it seems to be the opinion here that God could create uranium but not ionium, radium, niton, or radioactive lead."

"It would be just as logical to assume that the Creator would have to create seeds only and then let plants develop from them because of His inability to create seeds, saplings, and mature trees at the same moment. In no case do we have any ground upon which to assume that the earth was different at the end of creation week as regards the presence of decomposition stages among inorganic substances or as concerns developmental stages among organic forms, than it is today."

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