Evidence for a global flood

[Nooj]

What sort of geologic evidence is there for a global flood? Please do not deviate off into tangents about evolution. This is strictly about geology.

 

[AngryWomble]

There is none.

 

[Chalnoth]

Sadly, it is unlikely that this thread will get any response, as if creationists really believed in evidence, it is unlikely that they can remain creationists for long.

 

[The Nihilist]

What sort of geologic evidence is there for a global flood?

The Bible. Duh.

 

[Dr.GH]

You will get much more responce if you were to ask for physical evidence against a global flood.

 

[AV1611VET]

What sort of geologic evidence is there for a global flood?

Three come to mind:

1. the Eye of the Sahara
2. the White Cliffs of Dover
3. seashells in the deserts and mountains

 

[AV1611VET]

There is none.

I used to think this too; but I have recently changed my stance.

 

[AV1611VET]

Sadly, it is unlikely that this thread will get any response...

Don't bet on it -- it may take years, but I'm sure someone will respond.

 

[AV1611VET]

The Bible. Duh.

 

[Tim Myers]

Three come to mind:

1. the Eye of the Sahara
2. the White Cliffs of Dover
3. seashells in the deserts and mountains

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richat_Structure
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cliffs_of_Dover
3.http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/Seashells_on_mountains_are_evidence_of_a_flood

 

[AV1611VET]

You will get much more responce if you were to ask for physical evidence against a global flood.

I don't think quantity is the goal here, since we're dealing with a miracle in history.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Three come to mind:

1. the Eye of the Sahara
2. the White Cliffs of Dover
3. seashells in the deserts and mountains

1. Hadn't heard of this one before. I have no idea how it can be interpreted as evidence for a flood though. As Tim's wiki link said, it's an antiformal dome, which is an area that's undergone symmetrical strain on all sides causing it to bow upwards in a circular pattern.

2. The Cliffs of Dover are often cited because they're such a thick marine deposit. However, their thickness is due to the conditions during the time the formation was deposited. It formed during the Cretaceous period (~145-65 million years ago) out of countless tiny plankton skeletons, called coccoliths. These skeletons accumulated at a rate of about 0.5mm/year and eventually turned into a limey mud, which was then compressed into rock by the weight of the overlying water (sea level was about 200m higher then) and later deposits that have since eroded away.

3. Not much to add beyond Tim's wiki link.

 

[AV1611VET]

1. Hadn't heard of this one before. I have no idea how it can be interpreted as evidence for a flood though. As Tim's wiki link said, it's an antiformal dome, which is an area that's undergone symmetrical strain on all sides causing it to bow upwards in a circular pattern.

If God put it there, how should it look differently to convince you He put it there?

 

[RocksInMyHead]

If God put it there, how should it look differently to convince you He put it there?

What does that have to do with it being evidence for a flood? The other two I can understand: the white cliffs are a massively thick marine deposit, and the average person will wonder why seashells are found in deserts and on mountains, but there's nothing about the Eye of the Sahara that suggests it was created by water. Unless you think that's the giant drain plug?

 

[MoonLancer]

actually that's what he does think, but if that where true there should be a massive accumulation of fossils there. Like way more then dover

 

[RocksInMyHead]

actually that's what he does think, but if that where true there should be a massive accumulation of fossils there. Like way more then dover

Wait...you're serious, aren't you? I was just going for the most ridiculous thing I could think of...

So that's where the wormhole that took all the water to Neptune is?

 

[AV1611VET]

Unless you think that's the giant drain plug?

I think it was created by God, not by natural means.

Whether it was used for water to go down, or [more than likely] come out, is anyone's guess.

And as for the White Cliffs of Dover, I believe God stockpiled those coccoliths there when He cleaned up the mess after the Flood.

 

[AV1611VET]

actually that's what he does think, but if that where true there should be a massive accumulation of fossils there. Like way more then dover

I believe you know as well as the others do where I think the fossils are, eh?

Heaven knows, I've been ridiculed enough for it by these "experts".

 

[AV1611VET]

So that's where the wormhole that took all the water to Neptune is?

Wrong direction -- water came out of the hole, in my [right to have an] opinion.

 

[Hespera]

Three come to mind:

1. the Eye of the Sahara
2. the White Cliffs of Dover
3. seashells in the deserts and mountains

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richat_Structure
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cliffs_of_Dover
3.http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/Seashells_on_mountains_are_evidence_of_a_flood

dont fergit that whale skeleton found buried verticle thru 'millions of years" of seddymunts.