There are a number of possible explanations for the fossil record and stratification of sedimentary layers with regards to the global Genesis flood. The following article discusses the argument that the fossil record is not nearly as uniform and tidy as it is taught in text books. That fossils do appear out of order on a regular basis and that the system merely updates/changes their construction to match the new data, or simply ignore it when they cant easily change it. ---------------------------- The Fossil Record Answers in Genesis John Woodmorappe, April 1, 2000 answersingenesis.org/articles/tj/v14/n1/fossil Intro: The reality of the geologic column is predicated on the belief that fossils have restricted ranges in rock strata. In actuality, as more and more fossils are found, the ranges of fossils keep increasing. I provide a few recent examples of this, and then show that stratigraphic-range extension is not the exception but the rule. The constant extension of ranges simultaneously reduces the credibility of the geologic column and organic evolution, and makes it easier for the Genesis Flood to explain an increasingly-random fossil record. Conclusion: Clearly, now more then ever, creationist scientists should resist the temptation of buying into any sort of scheme which presumes that fossils can be used to delineate time-horizons in the earth’s sedimentary rocks. Even at the local level, fossil succession is related to Flood-related processes instead of changes in fauna over time. This fact discounts neo-Cuvierism. And, for the mainstream diluvialist, the extension of stratigraphic ranges has implications in terms of Flood-related depositional processes. As the fossil record comes closer to randomness, proposed Flood-originated non-temporal mechanisms22 for fossil succession need to be less and less efficient in order to account for a fossil succession that is becoming more and more crude as more and more fossils are gathered23 . ----------------------------- I intend to post a number of different explanations about the order of the fossils record and the laying down of sedimentary layers through the global flood. This will help give a broad understanding of some of the various arguments out there. I do not necessarily believe or agree with everything in all of them. I tend to take a more maybe some of all of these combined stance on this topic. What are your guys thoughts on out of order fossils and the regular expansion of timescales for various organisms as they are discovered in other layers than what was the previously established belief? This certainly casts doubt on the validity of the geological column as a very accurate representation of evolutionary process across hundreds of millions of years.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:13:42 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015