Yes, A Really Lousy Week (for Creationism - Dr Dino Going Down)

Scientific American ^ | 8 April 2006

[E=MC²]

The book Genesis Flood was written in the 1970's with a foreword by some prominent geologist who lamented that the book shunned the evolutionist perspective, but that he could NOT refute its evidence.

[E=MC²]

Are the microfossils those of aquatic life? I also assume that they are not all of identical size and density in the various layers.

[ahayes]

Yes, they are acquatic. The size range varies, but on average they are less than 1 mm. The most common microfossils are foraminifera and diatoms, but we can also include pollen and plant spores for other examples of tiny fossils that do not sort as Flood geology would expect. For instance, how does the Flood explain the K/T boundary fern spike?

[js1138]

Who is the prominent geologist?

[orionblamblam]

You're welcome. I find that laughter is the best response to cranks and crackpots.

[orionblamblam]

> you are calling me and all creationists cranks and crackpots.

If the shoe fits...

[E=MC²]

I wish I could remember, but I read it so long ago. Someone borrowed my book and never returned it. The Genesis Flood was written and published by the Institute for Creation Research and has probably been updated many times since I read it. If you run across a copy, give it a look. They addressed many issues I found of interest (like the hydrological effects) and many that I didn't (like some of the more arcane evolutionist criticisms of creation).

[Virginia-American]

By saying this, you are calling me and all creationists cranks and crackpots

Have you ever read martin Gardner's "Fads and Fallacies"

That's where I first heard of Henry Morris et al ( and also Velikovski, L Ron Hubbard, Lawsonomy, and os forth)

BTW, Gardner is a Christian.

[E=MC²]

I have to refresh and update my memory about your topics before I can comment. Many years ago I read the book The Genesis Flood (written and published by the Institute for Creation Research, a very thorough, precise group) and it did mention the microfossil layers and deep seabed sediments, but I can't remember their conclusions. Someone took my copy years ago and never returned it, so I can't immediately review what it said. The book has been updated many times since I read it anyway, so if you run across a copy, give it a look and I will do the same.

[js1138]

If you look you will find it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875523382/104-7053478-2850337?v=glance&n=283155

[E=MC²]

Thanks.

[orionblamblam]

> You think I am a crank and a crackpot

That shoudl be abundantly clear.

> and you think all creationists are as well.

No, just the educated ones. Somebody raised with no scientific knowledge can be forgiven for believing rubbish, because they do not have the information to know any better. But modern day creationists, as with flat-earthers, geocentrists and the rest... yeah, that's high-grade crackpottery. It is taking the sum total of what man has learned about the world, and basically wipign their butts with it and deciding that, instead, they are going to just make stuff up and believe *that.*

Clear enough for you?

[Virginia-American]

Just click on the link I provided and then click on "look inside" - the introduction is on line, it'll give you a good idea about the book.

I pointed out that Gardner is a Christian just as a famous example of a Christian evolutionist.