The Flood, fossils, & the geologic evidence

It is my understanding that only a vanishingly small percentage of organisms die in circumstances that permit fossilization. Despite this, millions (?? - any exact estimate seems hard to find) of fossils have been recovered, and these represent only a literal scratching at the surface of the earth's fossil beds. Since many of these fossils represent single examples of entire species, the number of organisms that have lived on the earth since the beginning of life seems staggering.Does your model done include any calculation of the total number of organisms that would have had to coexist more or less contemporaneously in the pre-flood era?Capt.

This relates to my as yet unanswered inquiry in message #29. Does your model have an estimate for the number of organisms that would have been alive at the same time in the pre-flood era?It seems to me that this might pose a problem for your model. I do not see that evolutionary theory has any trouble at all accounting for such numbers, since it does not suggest that they were contemporaneous.Capt.

For definitions of "rest" that include the frantic searching of creationist sites for new diversions, no doubt.While you're "resting", perhaps you could daydream about my question in post #29, which is still unanswered. Also, since you have had so much time to consider the unspeakably large numbers of animals that must have crowded Noah's prefecture, could you also address the amount of plant matter that must have been growing at the same time in order to account for the observed volume of fossilized plants?Since explaining the predictions of your hypothesis is integral to the scientific process, and since your hypothesis predicts that all fossilized life existed in a time span shorter than the life of a single really good tree, I just know you must have some numbers on this.Capt.Edited by Capt Stormfield, : edit format

You're irony deficient, I take it?Capt.

What ever gave you the idea that that is difficult to estimate?Capt.

Well don't you think you ought to address the issue? If the number of fossils you claim were caused by a global flood implies an impossibly large number of plants and animals co-existing on the earth at one time, your hypothesis would be falsified. I'm surprised you haven't looked into this. You'd better stop wasting time changing the subject and get right on this. Wouldn't want to give the impression that we were just an dishonest, misdirection peddling asshat, now would we?Capt.