On Mon, 8 Apr 1996 18:40:27 -0700 (PDT) you wrote:
RL>There is some interesting facts about the Mt. St. Helens area and
>spirit lake that explains many of these layers which were not layed
>down in millions of years but rather hours. I believe that Steve
>Austin even has made a vidio about it. I have seen the vidio and it
>is very informative.
SJ>Yes. No one denies there are catastrophic changes over a short
>time-frame in local areas (eg. Surtsey, Scablands, etc).
>Unfortunately, this is neither evidence for a young Earth nor for a
>global Flood.
RL>The hurricane, the flood or tsunami may do more in an hour or a day
>than the ordinary processes of nature have achieved in a thousand
>years.
No doubt, but these are all *local* effects. Global Flood advocates
need to show one *global* catastrophe, not extrapolate from local
catastrophes.
RL>In other words, the history of any one part of the earth, like the
>life of a soldier, consists of long periods of boredom adn short
>periods of terror. Dr. Derek Ager, The Nature of the
>Stratigraphical Record, 1981,pp.54,106
Indeed, the operative phrase being "of any one part of the earth". A
global Flood requires there be *one* long period of boredom and *one*
short period of terror. Citing evidence of a whole series of local
catastrophes, the latest being "Mt. St. Helens" actually weakens
the global Flood geology case.
God bless.
Steve
PS: Sorry if this is a double-up
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