Geographical evidence points to a global flood that coincides w/ Genesis account of Noah's Ark

Thx Rezz, 1. Point taken...I will say desire to inquire. 2. Uniformitarianism: Estimating changes over long periods of time with the ASSUMPTION that scientific laws & geological processes & forces that operate today also operated in the past. Con believes "the present is the key to the past" 2a) MOUNTAINS: The Bible refers only to ‘high hills', & the mountains today were formed only towards the end of, and after, the Flood by collision of the tectonic plates and the associated upthrusting. In support of this, the layers that form the uppermost parts of Mt Everest are composed of fossil-bearing, water-deposited layers. This uplift of the new continental land-masses from under the Flood waters would have meant that, as the mountains rose & the valleys sank, the waters would have rapidly drained off the newly emerging land surfaces. The collapse of natural dams holding back the floodwaters on the land would have caused catastrophic flooding. Such rapid movement of large volumes of water would have caused extensive erosion & shaped the basic features of today's Earth surface. The tectonic changes include significant vertical motions of the continental surfaces to allow for the deposition of thousands of meters of fossil-bearing sediments, lateral displacements of the continental blocks themselves by thousands of kilometers, formation of all of the present day ocean floor basement rocks by igneous processes, & isostatic adjustments after the catastrophe that produced today's Himalayas, Alps, Rockies, and Andes. http://www.icr.org... To cancel cons "I fail to believe a flood can cause two plates to create a mountain in one year" please see "Catastrophic plate tectonics: the geophysical context of the Genesis Flood" http://creationontheweb.com... http://creationontheweb.com... The Himalayas forming 70 MYA is a debate for another day. 3b)CANYONS: Monument to the world-wide Flood For more than a century, evolutionary geologists have tried to explain how the Grand Canyon might have formed slowly over millions of years. Ideas that the Colorado River eroded the canyon, or that enlargement of streams and gullies caused it, have been shown to be improbable. Both of these theories have a difficult time explaining where the products of tens of millions of years of river erosion went. Geologist Dr Steven Austin says: 'The crystalline-basement rocks exposed deep within the Canyon (schist, granite, and gneiss) represent some of earth's oldest rocks, probably from early in Creation Week. Tilted, deeply buried strata show evidence of catastrophic-marine sedimentation & tectonics associated w/ the formation of an ocean basin midway through Creation Week, & may include ocean deposits from the post-Creation, but pre-Flood world. The Canyon's characteristic horizontally stratified layers (the "Paleozoic Strata") are up to 4,000 feet thick & are understood to be broad sedimentary deposits in northern Arizona dating from the early part of Noah's Flood. Remnants of strata overlying the rim of Grand Canyon (the "Mesozoic Strata") are associated with a widespread erosion surface. Dr Austin says these features suggest tectonics, sedimentation, & erosion during the last half of the Flood year as the Colorado Plateau was lifted more than a mile above sea level. The catastrophic erosion of Grand Canyon was associated with river-terrace gravels, lake sediments, landslide deposits, & lava flows of the post-Flood period. 3c) STRATIGRAPHY: 2 links below are recent scientific evidence of sediment layering that give evidence to the flood theory. Velafrons coahuilensis, a new dinosaur find from Mexico gives a vivid insight into the enormous extent of Noah's Flood catastrophe. http://www.answersingenesis.org... http://creationontheweb.com... SEDIMENTARY: See above also The sedimentary rock formations created by catastrophic flood waters are located across the globe & are unique b/c scientific evidence proves they were created quickly, in contrast to the long process of the sediment formations con mentioned. Referencing the Three Sisters Mountain range in Australia geologist Dr Patrick Conaghan said, From the size of the cross beds, we determined the conditions under which the sand was deposited. In 1994 he described a wall of water up to 65 feet high & 150 miles wide coming down from the north at enormous speed. This catastrophic interpretation is consistent with what we would expect during the Biblical Flood. http://www.answersingenesis.org... COAL, OIL, ORE: PLEASE SEE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE The Chemistry of Oil - Explained by Flood Geology Oil was formed rapidly from the remains of plant & animal matter. Oil originates in sedimentary rocks which were originally deposited by moving water. This is exactly what we would expect from the year-long Flood of Noah's day. A very reasonable model of petrogenesis can be based on the assumption that most of the oil and gas deposits of our day date from the worldwide Flood of about 2500 B.C., or about 1600 years after Creation. Pro postulates Coal strata accumulated from plants which had been rapidly transported & deposited under flood conditions & is called the allochthonous theory. Evidence for it is as follows: Marine animals and terrestrial (not swamp-dwelling) plants in coal imply transportation. The microstructure of many coal strata shows particle orientation, sorted texture, & microlamination indicating transportation (not growth-in-place) of plant material. Referring to cons statement that "deposits happen over time" Pro cites Experiments in the alteration of vegetable material show that coal resembling anthracite does not require millions of years to form, but can be produced rapidly by a short heating process. In regard to cons swamp coal it would take 1500 years to get 6 inches of coal which doesnt jive w/ our the current coal status. The website article below diffuses cons Swamp Theory http://www.creationontheweb.com... FOSSIL BEDS: Con is referring to single fossils, not huge fossil beds that resulted from a catastrophic flood. See pros article cited below: Need I say more? "Found in a Wisconsin sandstone quarry, it must have been an extraordinary set of circumstances that preserved them, geologists say, for fossilized impressions of jellyfish, which have no skeleton or other hard parts, are extremely uncommon." http://creationontheweb.com... OCEAN FOSSILS FOUND AT HIGH ALTITUDES ON ALL 5 (or 7) CONTINENTS 1. Some experts argue that N & S.America comprise 1 continent bc they're connected by the Middle American land bridge, & Europe/Asia bc they're a single land mass w/ no intervening body of waters separating them. 2. Con, thx dude you are now defending my position w/ this statement. I'll just add catastrophic flood to it. EXCEPTIONS 1. Con took it out of context, but here's the rule: 2. The phenomenon of vertical fossil tree trunks Broken tree trunks deposited vertically in thickly bedded sandstone 25 miles north of Sydney, overlooking the S. Pacific Ocean http://www.answersingenesis.org... http://www.icr.org... PRO's debacle & request to CON: Can I respond to this section & your reply in the 3rd round & or in the comments section due to limited characters. PRO will close with this fact to ponder for the next round: "In the year 1CE, 300M people were living on earth. This doubled to 600M in 1650 (took 1650 years). It took 200 yrs to double again, & then 100 yrs to double again. It now doubles every 45 yrs." Reference: "Idiots Guide to Geography" Last I checked I didn't fail basic math, but according to these numbers w/in the last 10,000 yrs population could have coincided with the catastrophic flood of The Bible.