In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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80. Rapid Cooling

If Earth had initially been molten, 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 about the amount of heat generated by radioactive decay within Earth.^a The known temperature pattern inside Earth is consistent only with a young Earth.