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Two things wrong with that arguement. One it hasnt been put into a real scientific journal, nor peer-reviewed. Secondly it misses off the fact that other slower decaying elements can decay into Carbon-14. Nice try, but no cigar.

It is peer reviewed, just not by peers of your nature. That depends on where the carbon came from, in this case the C14 should have be long gone and there no evidence of a parent isotope. I thought you wanted to debate, I guess you just want to wave you hand and do your thing.

Many young earth creationists, such as Jay L. Wile PhD Nuclear Chemistry, have articles in secularly peer-review journals. However they are not allowed to post on the issues related to origins unless it is from an evolutionary viewpoint. It is really pointless to ask me or anyone to give anything on creation from one of those journals because it's on a no-no list in those journals. Creationist with PhDs have made their own peer-review journals to compensate for this discrimination. However, as you have just pointed out, mainstream bias individuals like yourself don't care to accept anything they say simply because it's not mainstream.

if this means that the earth is only 6,000 years old, aproximately, what about the rest of the universe?

One problem that I see is that Atheists are just too uptight about things like this. "Oh no, religion is wrong because it's illogical!"
"Wrong wrong wrong!"
Have you ever thought of what religion does for some people? Even if it's in vain, it works as a good mental placebo. People can reassure themselves that their chosen deity will protect them, and that attitude may make them sure of themselves, increase their will to live, and relax and comfort them. Religions also ensure that moral fibre remains in society, including a respect for human life the way it should be.

I know that I may be sounding biased towards the theists, but I feel that religion is getting kicked about unfairly.

I don't really think that you can have Creationist Scientists, the term is almost an oxymoron. You mean blind fools who follow the bible to every last word, but don't review the facts. The mainstream view amongst many religions today is that science explains the universe created by God, as it were. Perhaps some religious people believe that science will one day find God in whichever dimension he resides. Or find the explanation for God. God is a rather general term, it could mean simply mean the laws of the universe which we don't know yet, a supernatural deity, or an actual force which affects everyone. That would be the ultimate scientific achievement, in a way. Perhaps even better, to obtain an ultimate level of power over the universe that would rival a God's.

How philosophy has become much more complicated over the years.

The facts remain that religion does help people on an individual level, helps them cope with the vast, cold, unforgiving, uncompromising universe whether there is a God or not. That's the way many humans work.
Could you cope with the information that everything is futile in the end? Wouldn't you want to escape from that and be happy?
Of course, there are other ways to cope, but you have to be pretty strong willed and determined to cope with that, or just keep your mind off it, which itself can be difficult.

Ask yourself this: Would you rather believe that you had an eternal soul, or believe in total mental/spiritual death in the end based on only that which has been proven by science?

Let's just state a fact that everyone should know-

Just because science can't prove it, doesn't mean it's there. You have to have faith and imagination in order to percieve that a certain force could exist.

Also, some people call themselves open minded yet they aren't open to the possiblility that a God, in whatever form, might just exist. Who's the open minded one? The person who believes and has that faith in their religion of choice, yet is open and tolerant?
Or the complete atheist who says "hey, God isn't real you stupid £@X$%! !! I can't tolerate religious people, they need to shut the hell up and stop believing! WHAT, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE? OMG YOU STUPID MORMON, all you have to do is convince yourself that it isn't real! OMG!! ! Religion brings no benefits because people don't acknowledge that there is no God! I don't care about humanitarian Christians, all that matters is that religious people get a brain and stop believing in God because it's not rational!! !"

So, please stop being so hypocritical, everybody.

Ok, I hope my rant got through to a few people.

I plan on becoming an electronics technician, and I'm getting A's in my introductory courses. However, after I can support myself as a technician I'm going to continue on in my favorite field: chemistry. Perhaps I can provide some of that testible evidence you're looking for. Yeah, I think you're right about staying convert on the issues. Coworkers can be nasty sometimes; they ask you what you think about something, if I speak my mind and answer them honestly, I am reported and fired. That has happened the last 3 jobs anyway. Do you know of any that aren't openly hostile to Christians where you live?