Why is it plausible that the supposed biblical flood formed the current geo column?

Question

Creationists claim that all the geological layers of earth were formed during "the flood". I do not understand this as their proof says that if you drop dirt in water it forms layers, however, those minerals form specific layers based on density, so how did several different layers of similar minerals seperate into different strata if it all happened at once and why do fossils only appear in similarily dated strata if radiometric dating is false?

Haha, Gary, you're funny:
The cambian explosion as we call it leads us to believe in massive biological growth BY the fact that there was so little before this point. The amount of fossils found is not staggering, its the fact that so little is found before that... and this also makes a perfect case for land life evolving from sea life. It is common misbelief among creationists that no transitional species are found, every creature is a transition to another creature (one asked where the transition between frogs and humans was... FROGS ARE A TRANSITION between water and land. Silly people)

Fossils are found on mountain tops (everywhere) because the geology of earth is not what it has always been. Whole continents have shifted. heard of pangea? Geological processes perform over millions of years (calculations of the pacific plates travel alone prove the earth billions not thousands of years old. Sorry, they prove that.)

To Zyllee:
I like your ideas, however, I have read some decent information on the primordial soup business. The basis of life on earth: When the earth aggregated, there was no water to speak of, as the highly volitile processes would not have retained it. The best possiblility of water on earth is due to the billions of ateroids and comets in the solar system during the solar formation. Those asteroids were (and still are) composed of 80% water, enough impacts and voila, water covers earth surface. Important to note: Protein chains are essential to the formation of biological life, and where are these chains found other than earth? Comets. Those comets brought the building blocks for life on earth and via chemical reaction, the chains combined and developed into cellular function.

PS: If matter cannot be formed from nothing (which it cannot) then it had to have always existed, essentially the same idea as an eternal god, just without the authority issues. :)

Answer 1

You don't have to believe the biblical account of the flood. Many of the earlier cultures such as the Sumerians have stories and legends of a world wide flood and of an ark type object. Check out some the other cultural accounts. Compare them to each other, the biblical account and with what a geologist has to say, then draw your conclusions.

Answer 2

An archaeologist would laugh his butt off. The strata formations that have been exhaustively studied reveal a fossil record dating back to 2 billion years (see, e.g.,Vishnu Shist, Grand Canyon). There is even a record of a great asteroid/comet meteor impact 60 million years ago off the Yucatan Peninsula, around the time the dinosaurs became extinct. If a flood killed every living thing on this earth about what, 6,000 years ago (L O L), there would be a significant layer of strata indeed, and not too far down amidst the layers. The thing about even addressing questions about creationism gives such crackpot ideas more attention than they deserve.

Answer 3

I had not heard that theory. I generally lean towards creationism but I do not think that this is a widely held theory among creationists.

For the most part I think that science does explain how things progressed from a certain point but that is just my own personal belief. Certain forms of evolution (not cross species but within a species) seem plausible to me.

I however never could hold with the primordial soup theory. It doesn't feel logical or plausible or even very scientific. I don't see any proof that the soup theory would even work.

As far as the flood causing all the layers, I think that just sounds silly. I think that one tiny bit of a layer could have been effected by a flood but not create all these different layers.

The big bang theory feels almost identical to the creationist theory in my head (cuz in either case what caused the big bang in the first place). Science says you can't get matter from nothing so its theories are contradicting itself.

Anyway, regardless of how things came into being, I think that once it did come into being it followed the basic laws of science that we are all familiar with and scientifically you wouldn't get layers formed in that fashion.

Answer 4

I've never heard or read where any creationist has claimed that all the geological layers were formed during the Flood. I have read where archaeologists have found a layer of water-laid clay in the strata contemporary with the Flood's occurrence.

Answer 5

It is not plausible, no one has to take my word. Consult the vast majority of geologists. Why would they say its implausible unless their knowledge and evidence told them so. Surely they aren't all part of some secret atheist conspiracy to hide the truth of a global flood. Creationists are trying desperately to hold onto a literal view of the Bible. It clouds their objectivity. Some outright lie and some are just not that well informed. Some won't even listen to anything that contradicts their worldview.

Answer 6

It wasn't a rely of guilt, yet of absolute necessity. in simple terms approximately all of humanity were corrupted, and if issues went on lots longer, human salvation could have been in simple terms approximately impossible, because no bloodline different than Noah's remained untainted. Watch "The Invasion of the physique Snatchers" on tape or DVD and you will see what became happening on the time ... purely via a diverse skill of assimilation. Then possibly you will start to understand.

Answer 7

Not to mention that it must have been a very intelligent flood because of the way it sorted all the fossils.

Answer 8

It is not plausible, it is another lie told by the Christians who, when they can't explain something tell you a crazy fairy tale and tell you if you don't believe it then you don't have the faith... They have no proof of anything and you are exactly right. Scientific evidence of being lied to. And if they lie about that, why believe anything they say? Liars.

Answer 9

There is plenty of geologic evidence AGAINST EVOLUTION:.
First, the 'Cambrian explosion'...... the millions of fossil types in Cambrian rock (oldest fossil bearing rocks) appear suddenly and fully formed and without any previous forms...IOW, there are no transitional forms.

Most well educated evolutionists, when forced to, will admit it, but very unwillingly, and even then they always want to seem to make new excuses for it. Usually they just don't say anything about it and hope noone finds out.

The thing to remember is that evolution is still just a theory - a hypothesis, a speculation, an unproven assumption.

"From the beginning of the Creation God made them male and female..."-- Jesus (Mk. 10:6)

Answer 10

4.5 billion years of changes from flooding, volcano eruptions and large impacts.