Five years before going into full retirement, I decided to leave my nearly 30 years of employment in private industry as a research chemist to teach in the public school system. Many of you will remember during the Bush administration the "No Child Left Behind Act" was implemented. What this did was to allow "Special Needs" students to enter the main classroom where they had not been before. This of course required teachers who did not specialize in "Special Education" to obtain a specific level of special education certification.
Looking back over some of the posts in the thread, I see the need to reapply some of those past acquired skills in special education in order to communicate more effectively with those who may have trouble understanding the question posed in the OP. So, what I will do is re-post the OP and break it down into smaller areas with more explanation as to what is being asked.
Here's the OP as originally presented:
"There are several different views within the Creation Science community concerning sediments deposited by Noah's Flood. One idea suggests that the sedimentary strata in the geologic column represents those flood deposits. With that in mind, how thick would we expect those deposits to be?"
Now, let's look at each sentence individually. Here's the first sentence:
"There are several different views within the Creation Science community concerning sediments deposited by Noah's Flood."
In stating that there are several different views in the creation science community concerning sediments deposited by Noah's flood, that means that there is more than just one one view, idea, or opinion about those sedimentary deposits. By sedimentary deposits, I am referring to suspended particles and debris that are left behind after the flood water receded.
Now, here's the second sentence:
"One idea suggests that the sedimentary strata in the geologic column represents those flood deposits."
The key part of this sentence is with the first two words, "one idea". Remember in the first sentence it was stated that there are several views, or as I explained, ideas or opinions. So, the second sentence is asking us to focus on one specific idea. That idea, of course, is stated to be "the sedimentary strata in the geologic column". Thus, the one idea to focus on is that the sedimentary deposits left by the flood are those that make up the sedimentary strata of the geologic column.
Now, the third sentence:
"With that in mind, how thick would we expect those deposits to be?"
Again, the emphasis is to focus on the specifically stated idea that the flood deposits left by the flood are those which make up the geologic column. The last part of the third sentence asks "how thick would we expect those deposits to be". So, we are looking at only those sediments that are contained within the geologic column, and we are asked how thick would we expect those deposits to be.
Now, one thing that is not stated is how thick the geologic column is. The reason for this of course is due to the fact that its thickness varies greatly from location to location as well to the type of sediment. That is the reason for asking for "your" opinion as to how thick would all those sedimentary deposits be.
Now, not stated in the OP, I will clarify my reason for the topic of this thread. Once we have determined a general depth/thickness that most of us can agree upon, I wish to discuss the merits and/or problems with that specific "idea" of flood deposits. Other creation science flood deposit ideas are not part of this thread.
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