Magnetic Field - Testimony to a Young Earth? 1 of 4

For your consideration...the following is an excerpt from a radio spot on KAPL radio, Jacksonville, Oregon, called " Akin For the Truth". To listen to the entire spot (a few minutes long), click the little microphone icon....Jack

Perhaps you have gone on hikes or camping sometime in the past and have had occasion to make use of a compass. As far as we can tell, inside the earth is a big ball of iron, which is magnetically charged, and so produces a magnetic field. How that core is charged will be a major topic in this series, and, as you will see, presents serious problems for the evolutionist. Now the lines of the Earth's magnetic field all point in one direction.

So, inside a compass is a small magnet attached to a needle. Most of us know that magnets attract each other and so the magnet of the needle is attracted to the magnet produced by the Earth. Since the Earth"s magnetic lines always point in one direction, the compass needle will also point in one direction. The magnet is placed in the needle so that it points North. Obviously, once we figure out where the North is, we can decipher where South, East and West are as well.