Re: Wimpy Roots

Now here is a question for Bill

Why does the Flood model explain the whole range of strata better than the
conventional geological ideas of the succession of strata in the geological
column?

Some say the column is all wrong as it is based on a circular argument from
Evolution (H Morris among many others). Is this right?

Or order of fossils explained by the relative mobility of victims of the
flood.

there are two things you need to do, Bill

1. Say why the conventional column - order and/or dates is wrong

2. Provide a coherent alternative.

Do so and I will eat all my fossils and become a YEC.

And if you cant will you join us apostates?

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "bivalve" <bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Wimpy Roots

> >Also to every one "saved" by a YEC argument how many
> are lost?<
>
> Anyone who is saved from evolutionism to creationism by
> the work of creation scientists is still lost. That's
> anathema, not the gospel.
>
>
> >> >Will you agree that ...coal... is allochthonous? <<<
>
> If you go to a swamp, you will observe a lot of fallen dead
> vegetation. Most trees, herbs, shrubs, etc. fall down and
> fall apart when they die. Even if they do not travel far, they
> are slightly allochthonous and are not directly associated
> with roots. However, this in no way supports the claim that
> the dead vegetation was deposited by a global flood.
>
> Another problem, also seen in the arguments for numerical
> patterns in the Bible, is the lack of a good null model. Bill
> is trying to argue that a perceived problem with
> conventional geology demonstrates a global flood.
> However, it would be necessary to show that a global flood
> model explains the geologic column as a whole (or
> whatever part of it is being identified as diluvial) better than
> conventional geology. This would require developing a
> coherent model of the Flood. It's also possible that neither
> has a good explanation at present for something, but that
> does not support either view.
>
> Dr. David Campbell
> Old Seashells
> University of Alabama
> Biodiversity & Systematics
> Dept. Biological Sciences
> Box 870345
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
> bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
>
> That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand
> Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G.
> Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
>
>
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 6 16:24:03 2004