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From: rck@iham1.UUCP (Ron Kukuk)
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Subject: The Scientific Case for Creation: (Part 47)
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 09:36:26 EDT
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     THE SCIENTIFIC CASE FOR CREATION: 116 CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE

I.  (Life Sciences): THE THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION IS INVALID.  (See
    1-36.)

II. (Astronomical Sciences): THE UNIVERSE, THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND  LIFE
    WERE RECENTLY CREATED. (See 37-87.)

III. (Earth Sciences): THE EARTH HAS EXPERIENCED A WORLDWIDE FLOOD.

    A.  ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES  THAT  NOAH'S  ARK  PROBABLY
        EXISTS.

    B.  MANY OF THE EARTH'S PREVIOUSLY UNEXPLAINABLE FEATURES  CAN  BE
        EXPLAINED ONLY BY THIS FLOOD.

        The origin of each of the following features of the earth is a
        subject   of  controversy  within  the  earth  sciences.  Each
        typically  involves  numerous  hypotheses  and   unexplainable
        aspects.  Yet  all  of  these features can be viewed as direct
        consequences  of  a   singular   and   unrepeatable   event--a
        cataclysmic  flood  whose  waters  burst forth from worldwide,
        subterranean,  and  interconnected  chambers  with  an  energy
        release  in  excess of one trillion megatons of TNT. The cause
        and effect sequence of the events involved phenomena that  are
        either well understood or are observable in modern times.


       97.  glaciers and the ice age

       98.  frozen mammoths

       99.  salt domes

      100.  continental drift

      101.  coal formations

      102.  mountains

      103.  overthrusts

      104.  extinction of the dinosaurs

      105.  ocean trenches

      106.  submarine canyons

      107.  mid-oceanic ridge

      108.  magnetic patterns of the ocean floor

      109.  strata

      110.  continental shelves and slopes

      111.  submarine volcanoes and guyots

      112.  metamorphic rock

        (The details concerning 97-112 are the  chapter  titles  of  a
        book  that is in the process of being written.  Unfortunately,
        the length and specialized nature of  each  topic  makes  this
        subject  inappropriate for dialogue on net.origins.  If anyone
        on  this  net  has  both  qualifications   and   interest   in
        critiquing,  discussing,  or  learning  about this new theory,
        write W.  T. Brown, 1319 Brush  Hill  Circle,  Naperville,  IL
        60540.   Be  sure  and state your specific interests, academic
        qualifications, and field experience. -- W.T.B.)


    C.  THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE  EVENTS  OF  A  WORLDWIDE  FLOOD  ARE
        REALLY QUITE PLAUSIBLE IF EXAMINED CLOSELY.

      113.  Every major mountain range on the earth  contains  fossils
            of sea life.

      114.  Practically every culture on earth has legends telling  of
            a traumatic flood in which only a few humans survived in a
            large boat [a].

            a)  Byron  C.  Nelson,   THE   DELUGE   STORY   IN   STONE
                (Minneapolis,  Minnesota:   Bethany  Fellowship, Inc.,
                1968), pp. 169-190.

      115.  The majority of the earth's mountains  were  formed  after
            most  of  the sediments were deposited. If these mountains
            were again flattened out  (while  the  ocean  basins  were
            allowed  to rise in compensation for this downward flow of
            mass), the oceans would flood the entire earth. Therefore,
            there  is  enough  water on the earth to cover the smaller
            mountains that existed prior to the flood.

      116.  Seeds can still germinate after soaking for a year in salt
            water [a].

            a)  George F. Howe, ''Seed  Germination,  Sea  Water,  and
                Plant   Survival  in  the  Great  Flood,''  SCIENTIFIC
                STUDIES IN SPECIAL CREATION (New Jersey:  Presbyterian
                and Reformed Publishing Co., 1971), pp. 285-298.



                                    Ron Kukuk
                                    Walt Brown