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Debunking 'millions of years' - Grand Canyon Geology

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Here we will use the geology of the Grand Canyon region to show why the earth is probably not billions of years old, and how the rock layers were probably laid down very quickly.

This is a simple yet profound visual demonstration that, hopefully, will at least plant a seed of doubt in someone whose been taught all their life to believe in an 'old earth' and raised up into the religion of evolution.

Most of the following images are from this video
"Hydroplate Theory - The Origin of the Grand Canyon"
....which goes into far more detail. I highly encourage watching the whole thing.

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So... First compare the distinct horizontal pattern of the sedimentary layers over massive distances...
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....with the extremely noisey and chaotic topography of the present day Grand Canyon region.

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Does this strike you as odd? Just take a minute and really let this remarkable contrast sink in.

Why are the powerful forces of erosion that have carved up the world's present topology, apparently not reflected these relatively perfectly stacked pancake layers?

Evolutionists will tell you that the horizontality of the layers is because they were slowly deposited in a series of gentle seabeds over millions of years...

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Again.. to produce this:

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Do you buy that? Wouldn't we expect to see more variation in the layers over time? Something like this maybe?

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How did these layers avoid all apparent markers of erosion from the seas that are claimed to have deposited them?

And after each sea dried up, we are then asked to believe each layer avoided all forms of wind and water erosion that would have significantly diminished their distinct horizontality.

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Apparently each gentle sea carried uniquely pure yet very different sediments for millions of years at a time, and then millions of years of erosion protected and preserved this pattern, which again, contrasts wildly with any of the earth's topography we see today.
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In the evolutionary worldview, these layers would have been exposed to millions of years of wave action, tidal effects, flooding, seasonal thermal cycles, exposure to all types of weather and temperature variation. All of these processes would have been acting on each of the layers over vast eons of time.

And remember, because they were supposedly laid down by ancient gentle seas, we would be dealing with soft and pourus sediment that is far more vulnerable to erosion.

If these rock layers were really laid down over millions of years, wouldn't we expect to see patterns like these etched throughout the Grand Canyon strata?

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But we don't.


We see this.

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Compare this rock layer patterning to rapid sedimentation experiments in the laboratory.


Distinct layering is a common feature in sediments that are laid down rapidly.

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Contrary to what you might expect, nature produces a surprising amount of orderliness out of seemingly chaotic processes. All very rapidly, before your eyes.

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If the sedimentary layers of the Grand Canyon region were laid down quickly and then afterwards left
relatively undisturbed, then this is exactly the type of pattern we'd expect to see.

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Something to think about, no?

The evolutionist, as usual, is left appealing to an astonishing level of near mystical serendipity to
explain such dominant patterns we find all over the world.

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Discuss.
 
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Comparing erosion to layering is fallacious.

Not a response. Go ahead and take a stab at it chief.


I would add a note for any readers. Notice how evolutionists / old-earth believers react to this post.

Compare their actual arguments (if they produce any) to their bald assertions, casual dismissals, insults, and other flippant responses that don't even attempt to deal with the evidence or the central thrust of the arguments raised in the original post.
 
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Not a response. Go ahead and take a stab at it chief.


I would add a note for any readers. Notice how evolutionists / old-earth believers react to this post.

Compare their actual arguments (if they produce any) to their bald assertions, casual dismissals, insults, and other flippant responses that don't even attempt to deal with the evidence or the central thrust of the arguments raised in the original post.
The argument put forth in the OP is flawed, as I pointed out. What else is there to respond to?
 
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It is a very good and informative video. It certainly raised many important questions about the origin of the Grand Canyon.

One of the major problem to me is the abundant limestone layers in the Grand Canyon Series. The presence of limestone formations almost ruined all the proposed mechanism of deposition and erosion. If anyone understand what I mean, we can talk about it.

You raised a BIG problem which is not possible to be discussed in a forum like this. If anyone like to discuss a tiny question which is related to this problem, it could then be meaningful.
 
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The argument put forth in the OP is flawed, as I pointed out. What else is there to respond to?

Challenge you to name even ONE flaw !

What talked about in the video contains good and serious geology. I don't think you can even start to understand it.
 
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Challenge you to name even ONE flaw !
It is asserted that there are vast, thick, pure layers. And yet the Coconino sandstone contains a variety of sedimentary structures, including the angled bedding associated with dunes. The consistency of the orientation of this bedding even allows geologists to determine that the prevailing desert winds that deposited these dunes blew from the north.

Edit: inserted the missing 'b' in 'blew'.
 
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Does the creationist GC video mention that there have been at least eight lava flow damns in the Colorado river? How about the calcium found in the garnet ancient beginnings of the GC, or limestone rocks showing the canyon was formed only 5.5 million years ago?
 
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Not a response. Go ahead and take a stab at it chief.


I would add a note for any readers. Notice how evolutionists / old-earth believers react to this post.

Compare their actual arguments (if they produce any) to their bald assertions, casual dismissals, insults, and other flippant responses that don't even attempt to deal with the evidence or the central thrust of the arguments raised in the original post.

That's because the massive amounts of accumulated radioactive decay byproduct defeats your argument before you even get started.
 
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It is asserted that there are vast, thick, pure layers. And yet the Coconino sandstone contains a variety of sedimentary structures, including the angled bedding associated with dunes. The consistency of the orientation of this bedding even allows geologists to determine that the prevailing desert winds that deposited these dunes lew from the north.

How do you know the WHOLE Coconino sandstone layer was desert in origin? Most likely it is not. How does the contact look like between the Coconino and the one underneath?
 
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But HitchSlap, the Creationists will say that you are not giving a direct answer; you may be incisive, but really you are just meandering!
 
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Does the creationist GC video mention that there have been at least eight lava flow damns in the Colorado river? How about the calcium found in the garnet ancient beginnings of the GC, or limestone rocks showing the canyon was formed only 5.5 million years ago?

You should spell out the whole question. For example, calcium in garnet, what is it about that?
 
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How do you know the WHOLE Coconino sandstone layer was desert in origin? Most likely it is not. How does the contact look like between the Coconino and one underneath?
I did not state that the whole Coconino sandstone was of desert origin. I expressed no view on that. Rather, you asked for one flaw. I gave you one. You were confident no flaw existed. I have demonstrated you were mistaken. Argument ended.
 
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