setst777 said: ↑
The fossil record over the face of the earth embedded in what is now mostly sedimentary rock, including the thousands of miles of oil reserves and coal beds with fossil embedded throughout, is clear evidence for a worldwide catastrophic flood.
If it were world-wide, would not such things not only be world-wide themselves, but ALL in contemporaneous strata?
??? They are worldwide.
Sedimentary rock is worldwide.
Fossils embedded in what is now solid rock, and in coal beds, is worldwide.
Fossils are formed by rather quick burial in anaerobic conditions and silt, or volcanic ash. Such fossil formation is rather rare today, but yet, we encounter all these fossil remains embedded in rock, coal, and other mineralizations, over the entire world in what are now solid rock layers;
so, the layers of rock were not always rock.
The fossils existing in the layer of rock prove this to be true.
So the fossils tell us that the rock layers that now contain the fossils were not always rock; rather, most rock containing fossils used to be sediment that quickly covered a vast number of organic things, and so, formed various types of fossils within the rock layers. And this was worldwide.
Naturally the more simple life forms, are less mobile, and they sink when dead, would normally be covered by sediment first. Then aquatic life, which naturally survive in water, will be covered by sediment second. The less mobile a creature is, the more likely that creature will be covered in sediment sooner, while the more complex and mobile creatures will be able to escape the flood more readily, and will also float when dead, allowing them to escape being quickly buried in sediment until later, if at all.
So we have the fossil record, which is scientific data. The evolutionist use their theory to explain the evidence, as if the fossils prove evolution into higher life forms over many millions of years, as evidenced by the rock layer. However, the scientific evidence for the fossil record actually support creation and a young earth, because the sediment was at first soft quickly covering the creatures and plant life so fossils could be formed, other wise, how did all the fossils of creatures and plants become quickly embedded within the rock layers? Impossible unless the rock layers were once soft sediment that settled to the earth as the flood waters receded.
Many of the rock formations we now see today were, therefore, not formed from eroding solid rock over millions of years, but rather, softer sediment layers quickly eroded into the huge rock formations we see today, that have hardened over time. And this erosion was on a massive scale, because we know the earth went through environmental changes after the flood causing huge storms. The fossil record within the rock layers proves this to be the case.
We see these thousands of miles of coal beds and oil reserves throughout the world, on land, and in seas, and oceans. Oil is formed from algae, which has to be quickly covered by silt/sediment under anaerobic conditions under enormous pressure and heat to form oil. That is why they are called fossil fuels.
Rarely are conditions right to form actual oil in our recorded history. In the past, however, as the waters receded from the flood, huge and quite vast tracts of algae collected in recessions in the earth that are averaging around 6000 feet deep, some recesses being over 50,000 square miles. And then these huge tracts of algae were buried rather quickly in huge layers of sediment that later on solidified into sedimentary rock and sandstone.
Coal beds also are formed by quick burial of sediment over huge tracts of vegetation that accumulated in recesses in the earth that are, in some cases, over 70,000 square miles and over 3,000 feet in depth. The sediment must be deposited quickly to form the right pressure, heat, and anaerobic conditions for coal beds to form.
Such conditions are very rare and localized today, but this happened all over the world during the flood, as it receded.
We also know that the earth went through huge environmental changes. For instance, ferns use to grow the size of trees.
So, the evidence shows me that not all things were constant as they are today; rather, far from it!
Therefore, you have scientific evidence, but creationists and evolutionists have what they feel are their own good reasons for showing that their own theories fit the scientific evidence. But, as you can see, Creationist have good reasons to show why the scientific evidence supports their theory, rather then evolution.
