Was there a worldwide flood?

African pig fossils are well understood and widely studied, and are used as index fossils. If you have radiometric dating of a formation but the pig fossils associated with that formation are from an older or earlier time, there's a problem somewhere. I'm not familiar with the case that Peg "cites", but disagreeing with pig fossils is what clued investigators there was something wrong with the original radiometric dates of the KBS Tuff, immortalized from a creationist point of view in Lubenow's Bones of Contention. In the real world the KBS Tuff story is one of a triumph of the scientific method and consilience.

That is an unproved conjecture...yes, they can explain the contradictory evidence that way, but without proof the obvious inconsistency in sedimentary layers remain. And further, if the environment can be so different over the short distance of 200kms, then trying to prove anything with sediment layers is just plain stupid.there is no place on the earth where a complete record of the rocks is present. Some areas have been getting heavy deposition of sediment for millions of years, and other areas have been getting worn down thru erosion for long periods of time so the geologic column relies heavily on guesswork and hypotheticals rather then anything solid.

well the sediments are not consistent in the case of the Omo valley and Lake Rudolph. Even though the fragments Richard Leakey found were dated to 2.5 million years old, the skull was the same shape as modern man. He said that other bone fragments that were found such as the leg specimens were indistinguishable from the same bones of modern men.but they were still dated to be 2.5 million years old. fossils appear suddenly in the geologic record, not gradually as evolutution theorizes. Immediately above the lifeless sediments of the Azoic era, the Cambrian layers carrie an abundance of fossil crustaceans and shellfish, in great variety, already fully developed.Same goes for plant life....plants with woody stems appear suddenly in the mid-Paleozoic but not before.the rest of your rant needs no response.

Could you give me the reference to the above?

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

Because it is a fact that the oceans were much lower then they are know as is seen by the river channels that go deep into the ocean.there are huge land ridges that connect the continents which were at one time above the ocean and are now beneath itthere is ten times as much water by volume in the ocean as there is land above sea levelthere are fossil remains of many different animals, such as lions, tigers, bears, and elk, together in common strata, which may indicate that all of these were destroyed simultaneously.There are whole frozen mammoths coming out of the ice right now with undigested food in their stomachs which shows they died suddenly which points to a sudden catastrophic eventIm convinced that this is evidence of a great flood. Call me stupid or whatever, but the fact is that this phenomenon is visible all over the earth and it convinces me that something catastrophic must have happened. Yes, I'm simple I know.

This occurs whenever there is an ice age. Where do you think the water that forms the massive glaciers comes from? Catastrophe, possibly still no evidence for a global flood. Catastrophe yes but still not evidence of a global flood. How about freezing to death at the beginning of an ice age?

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

Is this your professional opinion or are you getting this from some creationist website?If the latter, please cite your source.I studied fossil man through the Ph.D. exams, and I am not aware of any skull 2.5 million years old that has the same shape as modern man. I would opine that you are being lied to by creationists who are 1) anti-science, 2) willfully and sullenly ignorant of science, and 3) pushing their religious beliefs in the guise of science in spite of a huge mountain of scientific evidence that contradicts those beliefs.If this is incorrect, please correct me.And lets get back to the flood--the topic of this thread.By the way, from your previous posts I realize that you are confusing sediments and geological formations. One is soil (dirt), the other is rock.

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Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

here is a link to the article Lake Rudolph Skull FragmentsEdited by Admin, : Shorten long link.

the argument has been about the supposed 'consistency' of sedimentary layers in the geologic columnthey are obviously not consistent as the pigs show...not only the pig fossils but also the human fossils.

The link you provide specifically states that "the skull is different from our own species, Homo sapiens" and that it has a cranial capacity of only 800 cc, as opposed to an average of 1500 cc for modern man.

if you came upon a city that was covered by 70% water, would you deny that it had been flooded?Recently we had 1/3 of the state of Queensland covered by water...it was flooded...higher areas were unaffected but lower areas were definately flooded. If the floodwaters remain and I was to visit in 10 years time having never known the place before, i would probably not think it was flooded.It doesnt mean that its not flooded though. Same goes for the earth. Just because we were not around when the oceans were lower, does not mean that the earth is not flooded now. When the evidence is that the oceans were at one time much lower, then the only logical conclusion is that it must now be flooded.

You haven't answered my point. If it was impossible to have different kinds of pigs living in different places at the same time, then the existence of different pigs in different places in the geological record would mean that the fossils couldn't have been laid down by Noah's flood, which was a one-off event occurring at one particular time.Of course, it is perfectly possible to have two species of pigs living at the same time. But if it was impossible, the fossil record would deliver the same blow to "flood geology" as you hope to deliver to real geology.

I can't get anything out of that link.Please just tell me what skull you're talking about.

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Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

No. That would be because I know that cities are typically built above water.And if you can find any evidence of cities buried beneath the lowest layers of sedimentary rocks, you'll have a point.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

"Unresolved is the relationship of the new find to Homo Habilis who's bone fragments were found in Olduvial Gorge 500 miles south of Lake Rudolf in a layer 1.75 million years old. The hand bones of this species suggested a dexterity approaching that of modern man and Dr Clarke suspects the new find may be an earlier form of homo habilis. However the brain chamber of this only measured 656 cubic centermeters compared to Mr Leakeys estimate of 800 for the newly peiced together skull"So how can a 1.75 million year old fossil resemble modern man?