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No, the flood model predicts fruit trees, as very specifically mentioned here:
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Those are supposed to be the first organisms ever created, yet they appear much later in the fossil record.
I will keep repeating this: if you turned even a percentage of these critical standards to Evolution, your theory would be left in shambles. You will strain at any gnat when it comes to YEC, but swallow any camel when it comes to Evolution.
The fossil record has nothing to do with Creation week. The YEC model is based on the Genesis Flood, which explains why we have a Fossil Record to begin with.
You ever notice how evolutionists are always trying to explain the existence of large groups of fossils as being due to some kind of isolated mudslide or overflowing river?
And the population levels of those creatures that we see today could have been much lower at the time of the flood.
And if any or all of those specimens were found in the lower rocks, you would just say they "evolved" and remained in stasis for ~500 million years like you do everything else. It's not like any of this is evidence for Evolution.
Why is that ridiculous? We are running out of space right now, with just the currently living species. More than 99% of all species that have ever existed are extinct. To have all of these creatures exist at the same time would be worse than suddenly multiplying the human population by 100 without any warning or time to adjust. It doesn't matter how limitless heaven and hell supposedly are, last time I checked, earth was a finite size, and there are no suggestions made by the bible that the size of the earth as a whole has ever been changed. Plus, there is not enough water on earth for a flood of the level of The Great Flood to have occurred, and even if there was, there wouldn't to have been any place for that water to go, the world would still be flooded.
We find plenty of arthropod / crustacean "living fossils" in the lower rock records. Virtually unchanged for 300-500 "million years". This is expected under YEC and runs completely counter to Evolutionary predictions.
If a certain creature is missing it could just be because that species did not happen to be fossilized or that we just have not yet found that fossil. Ya know, the explanation Evolutionists invoke on a constant basis?
Based on what? Are you kidding me? I actually have to explain the mobility differences between mammals and reptiles to you?
And yet neither of these theories is the accepted view. Almost as if science is a self-correcting process that strives to conform to the evidence as best it can. Yes, yes, I know you have a problem with theories conforming to the evidence. Is that why you're so sanguine about your Flood model failing utterly to explain the fossil record?I already explained two alternate hypotheses that Evolutionists were prepared to pursue. 1) Birds could have evolved from a proto-mammal instead of dinosaurs. 2) Mammals could have evolved from amphibians instead of reptiles.
You ever notice how evolutionists are always trying to explain the existence of large groups of fossils as being due to some kind of isolated mudslide or overflowing river?
There's nothing to suggest they were so low we'd never find them at all. They're obviously prolific when they show up later. And stop telling me what you think would happen if yadda yadda.
Obviously we don't have a time machine to verify actual population levels. It is speculative.
And even evolutionists will admit that the absence of a type of animal in the fossil record even over many "millions of years" does not mean it wasn't alive at the time of deposition.
Obviously we don't have a time machine to verify actual population levels. It is speculative.
And even evolutionists will admit that the absence of a type of animal in the fossil record even over many "millions of years" does not mean it wasn't alive at the time of deposition.
a rather florid description of a mass death of caribou crossing a flooded river in 1984."At least 9,604 caribou (by official count as of Sunday) and probably more than 10,000 died at Limestone Falls"Note that while the scale of this disaster was unprecedented, large numbers of deaths were in fact common:"Caribou have always died at Limestone Falls; perhaps 50 a year would perish there, maybe 100 or even 500 would drown when the summer rains had been particularly heavy."And similar mass deaths are common for herds of wildebeest crossing rivers in flood. to see what happens when large numbers of otherwise competent swimmers try to cross together. When these mass death assemblages are buried by sediment, then you have the potential to get massive fossil bonebeds as seen in the fossil record.
Only catastrophic burials can rationally explain the massive fossil graveyards we find all over the Earth. The global flood model is an excellent explanation for this, whether you like it or not.
OK, name some. Provide evidence for your conclusion?You didn't "deal" with anything. Just hand-waving. These are YEC puzzles. The Evolution model has plenty of puzzles.
We don't find whales with plesiosaurs. So what? There may be several different factors concerning the behavior and physiology of those extinct aquatic reptiles that differentiate them from mammals.
elephants, buffalo, and sheep share the same ecological zones (grasslands and woodlands) as Brachiosaurs, Anklyosaurs, and Wannanosaurs. Yet they are NEVER found together in the the same layer of sediment.The same goes for dinosaurs being separate from mammals in general. So what? They may have occupied significantly different habitats.
And other dinosaurs don't.Some dinosaurs may be very fast moving but have significantly lower stamina than mammals, not to mention intelligence. Crocodiles/Alligators can movevery fast for a short distance, yet will tire easily.
Try not to be too obnoxious, OK? We are all supposed to be adults.Mammals are substantially different than reptiles in almost every regard. Try and grasp that.
Sure, if you consider the Permian-Triassic extinction event clearing away the competition, "just doing".Evolution doesn't explain anything about mammals or dinosaurs. Why do the big sauropods suddenly appear all over the world in the Mesozoic? Oh they just do.
Because the K/T Extinction event wiped out 95% or more of the non-avian dinosaurs.Why do dinosaurs go extinct at the K/T? Oh they just do.
Except they don't.Why do most modern mammal body plans suddenly appear at the Paleocene/Eocene with virtually no record of any ancestral transitional forms? Oh they just do.
Because somebody got something wrong? Why is that a problem for science.Why does an 'advanced' semi-aquatic mammal, essentially a mix between a platypus and a beaver (Castorocauda) appear in the middle of the Jurassic 100 million years before evolutionists thought aquatically adapted mammals "evolved" ? Oh it just does.
The fossil record shows all kinds of evolution.Why is there a 15 million year gap of tetrapod/lobe-finned fish as soon 'Stega crawled up on land? And on the other side of "Romer's Gap", essentially modern reptiles are running around? Oh there just is. Why is the fossil record virtually devoid of any Evolution? Uh, Punctuated Equilibrium, yea... we predicted it all along.
Name some.If you actually study paleontology and biogeography literature there are innumerable puzzles and enigmas with Evolutionary explanations.
That's all well and good to claim it is God's Word, just don't try to claim it is science. They are two different things.Isn't it the evolutionists that are invited here, that are the ones trying to convince someone of something or that a Christian's belief is a myth and fairy tale? That the born again Christians are the ones giving answers according to God's word?
elephants, buffalo, and sheep share the same ecological zones (grasslands and woodlands) as Brachiosaurs, Anklyosaurs, and Wannanosaurs. Yet they are NEVER found together in the the same layer of sediment.
Sure, if you consider the Permian-Triassic extinction event clearing away the competition, "just doing".
Because the K/T Extinction event wiped out 95% or more of the non-avian dinosaurs.
The Bible is never wrong.
Matthew 5:18 New International Version (for you to understand better)
For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Same verse but in the King James Version:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
In the Hebrew language a jot is the smallest letter, just like a dot.
This verse is saying that not one little dot, not one letter, not one word will disappear UNTIL EVERYTHING IS accomplished!! And that of course is after the earth and heaven will disappear (Révélations)
Do you get the powerful thing that Jesus just said right there? That's pretty powerful if you ask me.
Sorry, this makes no sense. We have hundreds of thousands of fossils of creatures that are bottom feeders in early layers but somehow not one single crab, lobster, or starfish? You could make a hurricane with all that hand-waving.We find plenty of arthropod / crustacean "living fossils" in the lower rock records. Virtually unchanged for 300-500 "million years". This is expected under YEC and runs completely counter to Evolutionary predictions.
If a certain creature is missing it could just be because that species did not happen to be fossilized or that we just have not yet found that fossil. Ya know, the explanation Evolutionists invoke on a constant basis?
Sarah, I'm sorry for being rude in my last post. I sometimes get too hostile when up against so many devout anti-creationists.
The different kinds of animals on Earth today have been reproducing for over 4,000 years since the flood, and as we can see there is plenty of room left over. The animals prior to the flood had only been reproducing for around 1,000 years. So today is the most populated the Earth has ever been.
Sarah, I really wish you would honestly question what you've been told about Evolution. If even for just a week, just try it out. If you study Evolution long enough you will find it is motivated by an anti-Biblical materialist philosophy, and not hard evidence. These people are seeing whatever they want to see to try and deny God's existence.
The Bible says we know God exists by looking at the created world. So that we will have no excuse. (Romans 1:20)
Please really question why you believe in Evolution. God wants you to turn from vain imaginations and seek the truth of His creation, the fall of mankind, and the salvation through Jesus Christ. Please really think about these things.
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