Re: Whimpy Roots

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:07:57 -0600 "Glenn Morton"
<glennmorton@entouch.net> writes:

> Bill, I believe I have agreed with you that partings in Paleozoic coals
are
> very tough to explain several times before.

So I gather that you aren't buying Kevin's explanation? It's not that
partings are tough to explain, it's just that you don't like the
explanation that fits the empirical data. If I can admit that vertical
roots may be in situ, then why can't you admit that the best (simplest)
explanation for undisturbed partings may be burial from a floating mat?

> And I have no problem with some coals being allochthonous.

OK, then will you admit that the coals with undisturbed partings are
likely allochthonous?

> But the fact that some coals are allochthonous
> doesn't require that EVERY coal be allochthonous, as you have seemed to
> require in a global flood model. If even ONE coal is rooted, your view
has
> severe problems--indeed, it is falsified. I would point you to the
organic
> rich shale (almost a coal) recovered from one Colorado well from 7000+
feet
> down. It shows 10 years of plant growth--ten layers of roots.
> http://home.entouch.net/dmd/roots.gif

I have a few questions about this rock photo:
What age is this rock?
What is the scale of the photo?
Can you put this photo into Power Point and draw red lines across it
where you think the breaks between annual layers and then either posts it
or e-mail it to me as an attachment?
Do you have an extra piece of this rock I could look at for myself? I'll
be happy to return it if necessary.

> But if f some coals are allochthonous with partings caused by
widespread
> covering by marine conditions, it really doesn't hurt the old-earth
idea at
> all. My statement to you at times why you grab ahold of this one straw
to
> save your beleifs is: so what if some coals are allochthonous. If some
> aren't, the global flood couldn't have happened.

Will you agree that the Herren coal with the three partings which cover
~250,000 sq. miles is allochthonous? What about the Pittsburg coal which
we discussed years ago; is the Pittsburg allochthonous?

Bill

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Received on Thu Mar 4 23:37:56 2004