How old is the Grand Canyon.?

Question

This is probably old news but I just saw this.

Can you believe that this is really happening?

Washington, DC — Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”


How did this man get elected?

Yes sir, I am anti-bush and anti-religion and proud of it!

This is one reason why.

Answer 1

Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.

See, this is what I mean. If their opinion that the world is less than 6,000 years old is correct, why do they have to go to such great lengths to cover up stuff like this? If they're so confident, why can't they just let the scientists do the aging procedures and have it all turn out the way they think it will?

I don't know what else to say. That makes me pretty speechless.

Answer 2

I'm actually glad that someone finally took the initiative to update the "official estimate" of the Grand Canyon's age, which has been based upon a faulty theory for decades.
The Grand Canyon was formed in a matter of hours or days about 4400 years ago in the months following the Noachian Flood. The Kaibab Uplift formed a natural dam to a gigantic lake that stretched all the way back to Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake is all that is left of this ancient lake. You can see the old water line up on the mountainsides. There was a breach in the Kaibab Uplift, which caused this massive amount of water to break through and carve out the Grand Canyon from the soft sediment, that had already been layered during the Flood from hydrologic sorting. (The same kind of canyon formation can be seen around the Mt. St. Helens/Toutle River area.) The Colorado river started running through the Canyon only after the Canyon had been formed. A slow, meandering river cannot possibly carve that much rock - only fast moving water can. Also, The top of the canyon is higher than where the river enters the canyon by 2,000 feet. Rivers don't flow uphill!
All the geologic evidence points to a rapid creation of the Canyon within a short period of time.

Answer 3

Many of these answers entirely miss the point. It's not that science is self correcting but that it can be wrong and it can be wrongly enterpreted and just as important one person says 10 million years is nothing? 10 million years is nothing? I wouldn't exactly define 10 million year corrections an exact science.To compound the issue this is nothing new. Scientists have argued the age of the earth for quite a long time and their estimates vary from tens of millions to hundreds of milions of years. When people take comfort in the claim science is self correcting I say hooray but when will we know when it is finally correct? Until then they are just educated guesses not facts. No need for smugness. By the way I am not suggsting the earth is 6000 years. Edit: Don the bible makes no claim as to the earth's age so it really isn't really an issue for me. But some people who have no problem ridiculing Christian beliefs have no need to feel any superiority. Their position changes and they never feel the need to say we were wrong they simply say we are "self correcting".

Answer 4

Here is part of the problem. Everyone agrees that it is there, but none of the "experts" can agree on how old it is, let alone how it got there. I mean, obviously it is erosion, but how that erosion accrued is still very hotly debated. I do not believe it was created by "The Flood", but many people do. And unfortunately, we now live in a country where it is more important to coddle people than to make them face the truth.

Answer 5

actually this is reasonable....many canyons were once thought to be formed slowly and gradually and in the last century found to be made by catastrophic glacial lake overflows (see the Missoula Canyon as an example) no naturalist even doubt this now although it was considered controversial at first

simialrly, some canyons formed quickly related to volcanism see Mt St Helens creating a can yon system 1/40 the size of the grand Canyon

the Grand Canyon was formed about 4400 to 3000 years ago as a result of an overflow of a large lake system in the Northwest overflowing catastrophically over the Kaibab Upwarp... blowing out the canyon

the lake system was 3 times the size of the great lakes and was formed from the the overflow of glacial lakes formed after the ice age which was in the centuries after the flood of Noah The canyon was not formed gradually but catastrophically (lookup the Hopi lake as one of the lakes)

Coal sample from the top of the canyon to the bottom contain roughly the same levels of C14 which would indicate a deposition at the same time sonsitent with the geological column largely laid down during the catastrophic flood of Noah

Answer 6

Because the simple fact is that rocks on the bottom of the canyon have been dated younger than rocks on the top of the canyon. Those stripes in the rock walls that are, supposedly, ages when silt, etc., was laid down and petrified, yield wildly varying dates. I, for one, am very glad that at least some people are no longer giving mere guesses and calling them "facts."

Answer 7

Well, remember that in 2000, anyway, Bush was not elected. He sued his way into the Presidency.

In 2004 he simply used terrorism. I'm so disappointed that Americans weren't courageous enough to stand up to the terrorists.

Answer 8

I agree with Harlan Ellison - the 2 most abundant substances in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Answer 9

Many people are primitive, frightened, eager for reassurance, confused, and angry. Did I say frightened? That's why Bush got elected. Nothing is easier than getting a fascist elected to public office when your population is afraid.

Answer 10

the answer is ,,when the Grand Canyon was made,,the Dead Sea wasn't even sick,,,very very old,,,next birth day party we'll send a card to you ,,,LOL