Collapse of Old Earth

 

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Because the case for Young Earth Science #YES is hard to find, the head-long collapse of the Old Earth Enterprise is delayed.

There is a worldwide sequence of rock layers known as the Sauk Sequence. We go from cobble&boulder layers to sand then shale and then fine-grained deposits like limestone.  This entire series lies atop the Great Unconformity which we see at the bottom of the Grand Canyon for example.

https://newcreation.blog/receding-then-spreading-a-new-approach-to-young-earth-history/

 

This would seem to indicate a great disaster over the whole earth.  Our global traditions of a Great Deluge serve as evidence of this historic event:

https://www.masterbooks.com/flood-legends-paperback-single

 

The variety of rock layers geologists commonly study can form rapidly.  Consider this conclusion from Juergen Schieber et al writing in the Journal of Sedimentary Research:

 

These experiments demonstrate unequivocally that carbonate muds can also accumulate in energetic settings. ... Observations from modern carbonate environments and from the rock record suggest that deposition of carbonate muds by currents [up to 20 in/s] could have been common throughout geologic history.

https://www.icr.org/article/four-geological-evidences-for-a-young-earth

The December 23, 1963 issue of Newsweek (b. 1933) reported on a meeting of The American Geological Society where some attendees, "were advising the rehabilitation of catastrophism."  The Science Editor of Newsweek said that catastrophism is "a fighting word among geologists. It is a theory based on divine intervention."  According to the late Bolton Davidheiser (Ph.D. Zoology - Johns Hopkins), "This attitude is unscientific and it seems to be part of a larger conspiracy aimed at the denial of a personal God, and particularly at discounting the atonement of Christ." [1]

How did we get here?  Where did the Old Earther partisan paradigm come from?   "Defending a Young Earth" is a 25 episode series with Dr. Terry Mortenson (Ph.D. History of Geology - Coventry Univ.) that will open your eyes to a youthful world:

https://www.answers.tv/defending-a-young-earth-with-dr-terry-mortenson#

 

My History of Science Prof, David Kitts, former Curator of OU's Natural History Museum (Norman, OK), wrote the primary Philosophy of Geology:

https://archive.org/details/structureofgeolo0000kitt

He admitted in class that overthrusts pose a challenge for mainstream Geology.

 

After detailing inconsistencies with radiometric chronology Gerald Kerkut (d. 2004) said, "We have, then, as yet, no accurate objective clock that will allow us to determine the absolute age of the majority of the rocks of the world.  Instead we have to go mainly on stratigraphical data and there too we find several problems" (quoted in Biological Essentialism, p. 327, see link below).  Kerkut wrote The Implications of Evolution and was the editor of Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology.

 

How about those gaps in the Rock Record?  Up to 200M years!

https://www.grisda.org/origins-15075

 

According to my Dictionary of Geological Terms (3e, ed. by Bates & Jackson, p. 368) a paraconformity is "An obscure of uncertain unconformity in which no erosion surface is discernible or in which the contact is a simple bedding plane ..."  I say the missing time never existed and we see relatively continuous  deposition.

 

How many "kinds" are there?

My book Biological Essentialism delves into the many mysteries of Essential Types of Life (ETL's), such as horses, hydras and humans, and challenges the transformist educational system:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/biological-essentialism-jay-hall/1140135320

 

As for the theological argument for a "New" Planet (not Old), be sure to catch this superb prose from Jason DeRouchie:

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/our-young-earth

 

My books challenge Darwin & Deep Time:

https://totalyouth.us

 

** kudos >> collapse of planet graphic:

https://www.astronomy.com/science/nearest-young-earth-sized-planet/

 

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FYI: My set of encyclopedias is World Book from 1977.

 

Note:

1) quoted in Evolution and Christian Faith by Bolton Davidheiser (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1969), pp. 288.

 

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The Argument: Aristotle to Thousands of Years

Aristotle's views on biology support the thesis that Essential Types of Life (horses, frogs, humans etc.) remain stable and vary within limits.  That is, stasis along with change that has a boundary.  There is an excellent episode of In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg (BBC) on Aristotle's Biology.  My interview with David Kitts, who taught Philosophy, Geology and History of Science, touches on Aristotle as well.

Now, when we combine this premise, stasis of Essential Types of Life (ETL's), with the fossil record, how do we proceed?  Tertullian pointed to fossils found on mountains as evidence of the Great Flood, the mega-catastrophe Earth endured just a few thousand years ago that even the founder of modern paleontology Georges Cuvier accepted.  Augustine saw fossils as the remains of creatures living before the Flood.  Martin Luther referred to fossils as being the result of the Deluge in his commentary on Genesis.  Agostino Scilla published a work in 1670 on fossils which he illustrated himself which pointed to the Flood as their cause. [1]

But what about the fossil order?  There are places on the earth where ALL the geologic periods overlay the Pre-Cambrian (Pre-Flood).  In fact, 23.2% of the Ordovician is directly on top of the Pre-Cambrian and 18.6% of the Devonian is directly on top of the Pre-Cambrian.  This would seem to imply a shrinking of the traditional geologic time scale.

What if most of the geologic record was part of a single event, how is the general fossil order explained?  Ecological zonation, shallow marine organisms would be in the lower layers, hydrodynamic sorting and the higher mobility of vertebrates seems to be the solution.  That is, there was no "Age of Trilobites" or "Age of Dinosaurs."

Now, if most of the rocks were formed rapidly, that is catastrophically, then we need to drastically reduce the traditional geologic timescale.  Derek Ager was President of the British Geological Association and wrote The New Catastrophism which provides a plethora of examples of rapid geologic action.  If most rocks formed fast, could this planet be young (thousands, not billions of years old)?

Is there a pointer that implies most of the geology came from one event?  Let's look at the Strontium ratio (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) combined with sea level changes through geologic time:

The fact that these graphs match up fits better with the idea the most of the rocks were made from a Singular Event of Rapid Geologic Activity (SERGA).  Did the giant dragonflies live Millions Of Years Ago (MOYA)?  Maybe not. 

For more cool info on the young earth, be sure to get your copy of Is a Young Earth  Possible? today!  Your feedback is most welcome:

  YoungEarthScience@yahoo.com

 

Note:

1) The Deluge Story in Stone by Byron Nelson (Bethany Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN, 1968), pp. 9, 10, 18.

A Young Earth with Critical Thinking (Rudwick)

Martin Rudwick's book Earth's Deep History: How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters came out in 2014.  So did my book YES - Young Earth Science which refutes much of Dr. Rudwick's content. 

Martin Rudwick is professor emeritus of history at the University of California - San Diego as well as affiliated scholar in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge.

Rudwick seems to think that Aristotle and Plato go against the young earth view.  Both philosophers favored biological essentialism.  See chapter nine in my latest book on how essentialism naturally leads to supporting a planet of relatively recent origin.  Plato wrote of the disaster that destroyed Atlantis.  Once you favor huge catastrophes, then most of the rock record was formed rapidly.  If there is no major time gap between the layers (search "paraconformity"), then the "Millions Of Years Ago" (MOYA) goes extinct.

Interestingly, Earth's Deep History gives a critique of those scientists who go for Young Earth Science (YES) in an appendix at the back of the book.  A more balanced and related book is by my History of Science professor David Kitts, TheStructure of Geology.  Kitts work is one of the primary tomes on the Philosophy of Geology.  Kitts studied with Dobzhansky, GG Simpson (the greatest paleontologist of the 20th Century) and taught in 3 departments at the University of Oklahoma - History of Science (where he was chairman), Geology and Philosophy.

Kitts not only stresses the importance of presuppositions and worldview as geologists practice their trade, but also calmly discusses the challenge of overthrusts (older strata over younger beds) to mainstream science. [1]  Kitts realized that much of our geologic knowledge is limited, even with respect to radioactive dating. [2]  He further pointed out that the philosophical basis for saying that the fossil record "proves" evolution is weak. [3]  You can hear my interview with Dr. Kitts here.

Surprisingly, Rudwick's book does not contain the name "Ager" in the index.  Former President of the British Geological Association, Derek Ager, wrote an entire book on episodic geology - The New Catastrophism.  He even wrote a book as early as 1973 defending the thesis that most formations were created rapidly (The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record).  On the other hand, Rudwick does cover catastrophism to some extent, such as the Great Missoula Flood which was highlighted in a NOVA episode.

Rudwick deals with the Ice Age which is no problem for young earth theory.  I argue in my book Is a Young Earth Possible? that a recent global catastrophe is the key to explaining the Ice Age. [4]  Huge volcanism causes massive evaporation and precipitation.

In chapter ten of Earth's Deep History, Rudwick writes on the oceans.  The ocean floor in many places is covered with Manganese (Mn) nodules which are somewhat like pearls and grow from small bits of basalt and other materials.  The measured growth rates of these nodules indicate an age of only thousands of years. [5]

Rudwick deals with the Cambrian period many times in his book.  In the Cambrian, we find larger life forms compared to the Pre-Cambrian, some up to two feet.  It's a seldom mentioned fact that there is a Great Unconformity at the Pre-Cambrian/Cambrian boundary, as you can see in the Grand Canyon, which points to a global catastrophe which agrees with YES. 

Rudwick explains radiometric dating on a number of pages, but does it really deserve the trust as a magic clock that many scientists give it?  Geologist Bates McKee, writing in a book on the geology of the Pacific Northwest (McGraw-Hill), makes this stark admission:    

One might imagine that direct methods of measuring time [radiometric dating] would make obsolete all of the previous means of estimating age, but these new "absolute" measurements are used more as a supplement to traditional methods than as a substitute.  Geologists put more faith in the principles of superposition and faunal succession than they do in numbers that come out of a machine.  If the laboratory results contradict the field evidence, the geologist assumes that that there is something wrong with the machine date. [6] 

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So, what do you think about Rudwick's book Earth's Deep History?  Let us know:

  YoungEarthScience@yahoo.com

Notes:

1) The Structure of Geology by David Kitts (SMU Press, Dallas, 1977), pp. xviii, xix, 79-82, 110-113.

2) Ibid., p. 32.

3) Ibid., pp. 160-162.

4) Is a Young Earth Possible? by Jay Hall (Institute for Catastrophism and Tectonics - iCAT, Big Spring, TX, 2019), pp. 264-266.

5) Ibid., pp. 66-68. 

6) quoted in Deep Time Deception by Michael Oard (Creation Book Publishers, Powder Spring, GA, 2019), pp. 105, 107.

Fake News vs. the Kool-Aid Acid Test

               >> Fake News versus the Volcano of Truth <<

                        OR ... Who's Afraid of Tom Wolfe?

President Donald Trump spoke to a huge crowd in Melbourne, Florida (Feb. 18, 2017) and made this insightful declaration regarding the dominant media which occasionally gets the tag "fake news":

They have their own agenda and their agenda is not your agenda.  In fact, Thomas Jefferson said, “nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper.”  “Truth itself,” he said, “becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle,” that was June 14, my birthday, 1807.   But despite all their lies, misrepresentations, and false stories, they could not defeat us in the primaries ...  We are not going to let the fake news tell us what to do, how to live, or what to believe.  We are free and independent people and we will make our own choices.

David Klinghoffer offers a solution to the conundrum of fake reporting:

Since few of us have the resources to verify any of this with first-hand information, must it come down to a question of which side you trust least? ... what’s needed is some sort of independent metric for weighing the credibility of at least one side in the standoff over media truthfulness.

Is there such a thing as an unbiased slide-rule when it comes to mainstream journalism?  Klinghoffer himself fails to refer to the strong case for Young Earth Science (YES), even though he  mentions the young earth view.  Has he read my book?  YES -Young Earth Science contains over 450 footnotes and more than 130 charts, graphs and illustrations.  This work was dedicated to David B. Kitts (d. 2010) who wrote one of the few books dealing specifically with the Philosophy of Geology (The Structure of Geology).  Kitts studied with Theodosius Dobzhansky for a short time and later switched to Paleontology and was supervised by George Gaylord Simpson.

Of course, if this lovely world is youthful (thousands and not billions of years old), then evolution must go out the window.  The deification of Darwin must finally reach its just deserved final defenestration.

But who is wise enough to reject the established dogma of Darwinism?  Tom  Wolfe is a journalist and the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff.  Who's afraid of the following radical declaration from Wolfe?

I came to the conclusion that Darwinism, the theory of evolution, is another myth. … And it’s no use saying that human beings evolved from animals, because they’re creatures with totally different powers.  If you have the power of speech, that’s also the power of memory ...  Well, I think a lot of people don’t agree with me, but the problem with evolution is, you have to wait six or seven million years.  It’s a little hard to recall.

Is an old earth and evolution fake news?  Time will tell.

note:  the first pic above is Tom Wolfe speaking at the White House (2004)

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