Re: [asa] Creation Science Fiction

Mostly the examples involve a dishonest claim that something can
happen rapidly (as opposed to something sort of similar) plus a
dishonest claim that the rapid event matches the geologic record.

A few specifics:
Claiming that the presence of pines shows that coal didn't form in a
swamp. Some pine trees occur around swamps, and pines are not a major
component of coal.

Claiming that clay pervades coals but is absent in modern peat;
claiming that continuous volcanic eruptions are needed to account for
the clay in coal and that such a scenario fits with the Flood. Ash
beds cannot form within a coal bed underwater. The amount of noxious
materials produced by volcanoes, if squeezed into a Flood geology time
frame, would poison Noah et al.

Claiming that the fact that limestone can precipitate out of springs
shows that limestone deposits could form fast. Not only is the
precipitation of limestone from springs not fast enough for producing
masive limestone deposits during a one-year Flood, but also
precipitated limestone is easy to distinguish from the slow biogenic
production of normal limestone.

Also claiming that plankton blooms in the Flood could produce all the
microfossils to produce limestone. Not credible for the volume needed
(most limestone-producing micro-organisms require light, so increasing
depth doesn't help; turbulence required for popular flood models won't
make the protists happy when they need clear water and stable
conditions). Ignores the impossibility of producing the geographic
and stratigraphic patterns in microfossils under a global flood
scenario. Microfossils show gradually shifting geographic
distribution, matching climate patterns. Species turn over in
globally consistent patterns.

Claims that amazing equals inexplicable equals proof of ID.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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