Re: Prediluvial CO2 budget--unrealistic

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:02:52 -0800

At 08:31 AM 1/21/98 -0600, Glenn wrote:
>Let us assume that there are 1656 years between the origin of the earth
and the global catastrophe. This means that 109,000/1656= 65 atmospheres
worth of CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere each year. Somehow that
much carbon dioxide must have been cycled through the system each year,
that is, it must have been produced by photosynthesis, sent into the
atmosphere and water, and then incorporated by bacteria, forams, clams,
etc. and deposited in the rocks.
>
>This is unrealistic. I don't think science really supports the young earth
view. A particular brand of theology does though.

Since YEC's probably assume an instantaneous creation of the material of
the earth on day 1, you are assuming that God did not supply the earth with
any carbonate at creation. This is a wildly unrealistic assumption, in my
opinion, and makes your argument a straw man.
Art
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