Mt. Saint Helens now has it's own topic!

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Originally posted by edge:
And (not to beat a dead horse, but, oh well) we should remember that if this video was the one by Steve Austin, he was the one caught in a lie about his conversion to creationism after seeing Mount St. Helens' post-eruption features.

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No, the video was not the one by Steve Austin. It was called something like The Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophy, and it was narrated by some Australian dude. A creationist buddy of mine had given the video to me a few years ago.Someone told me that there is a difference between slowly formed strata and rapidly formed strata that creationists fail to mention. Can anyone give me more info about this?

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[This message has been edited by EvO-DuDe, 07-21-2002]

Weren't the fine-layered strata laid down by Mt. Saint Helen's composed mostly of volcanic ash? Geologists know the difference between volcanic ash and standard sediment, and they do understand that nice layers of ash can be laid down rapidly. The geological column is not made mostly of volcanic ash, so chances are it was not formed rapidly, unless you can give me some evidence that, you know, normal strata can be created rapidly.