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Originally posted by John Paul:
moose:
My personal opinion mirrors that of the vast majority of those trained in geology. That is, that a vast part of the geologic column could be from a short time period, single flood event, is plainly absurd.
John Paul:
And if it were just a single flood event I would agree with you. However it wasn't 'just a single flood event'. It was a continent splitting up and then some of the pieces crashing into each other forming the mountain ranges we observe today. Also the ocean basins sank and that is where the water went to causing erosion.
What is the data that shows mountain peaks can be formed by the slow & steady plate movements we observe today? Wouldn't the rock layers just flop over one another? Try it. You can see the difference when a car crashes into a stationary object at high speeds as opposed to 1-2 mph. Why would mountain making be any different?
Here is a link on the Creationists' PoV on the GUC:
Assessing Creationist Stratigraphy with Evidence from the Gulf of Mexico
Sorry to reply twice to the same post, but I'm on different tacks.
JP, does this mean that you don't take the Bible to be a complete
literal history ?
The Bible only mentions one flood, and says nothing about
continental crashing so ... ?
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