[From "Flat Earth? Things That Make You Go, “Huh.”"]
This is a little different, but I’m enjoying it. Call it intellectual curiosity.
https://odysee.com/@UN-Common-sense-AUS:9/flat-earth-proof-nature-s-flat-earth:6
Am I a “flat earther?” Not yet, but I’m smart enough to know that I can’t just trust what the religious leaders (University Professors) of the Global Cult tell me
I do not believe in evolution; evolution is not natural selection. Evolution means that entropy works in reverse, and that life comes from non-life. Neither are tenable positions, IMO
Furthermore, the evidence — what we call can see and touch and feel — fits into a creation scenario combined with a global flood. Same evidence the “evolutionist” sees, but interpreted in different ways
For example, were the layers laid down in the Grand Canyon the result of millions of years of slow accumulation? Or did it happen quickly in a global catastrophic flood? Did a tiny (relative to, say, the Columbia or Nile) river gradually carve out the valley over millions of years? Or was there a geological catastrophe where the North American continent suddenly thrust up (or the ocean basins dropped) and thousands of cubic miles of water rushed off in a geological instant, thus carving the canyon? Same evidence, different interpretations
How does a tree grow through millions of years of sediment?
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“but I’m smart enough to know that I can’t just trust what the religious leaders (University Professors) of the Global Cult tell me “
And then you instantly go trusting your religious leaders and their shitty texts. Kudos.
I can’t just trust what the religious leaders (University Professors) of the Global Cult tell me
I do not believe in evolution; evolution is not natural selection
What a certain Conservative Christian has not only seen: but where . Also:
It is a magnificent testimony to the evolution of humankind
Because when no less than the Presbyterian Dr. Buzz Aldrin can say that of the Apollo Moon landings - as only he can - who can you trust, Shitz...?!
When he of all people can not only trust science - which he was a part of, nay, became a Space Scientist himself - but can easily reconcile his faith with proven scientific facts, so much for your 'Opinions'.
I know not only what, but who I can trust: can you ...?!
"Evolution means that entropy works in reverse, and that life comes from non-life. Neither are tenable positions, IMO"
And neither are part of evolutionary theory.
If entropy prevents evolution, it also prevents a fertilized egg from becoming a weight-lifter. Really. Entropy can be countered in pockets of a system, without violating the concept. Or your house couldn't be built, heated, lighted...
And evolution is about the changes in life, not the origins.
So, your IMO should oughta be your In My Humble Opinion, or maybe In My Deeply Ignorant Opinion, nu?
If the sediments of the grand canyon were deposited in one catastrophic event there wouldn’t be any distinct layers but a gradient. In addition you should expect to find fossils of the same species at many different depths and enclosed in two or three different layers at the same time - yet fossil species are neatly divided by different layers in a sequence which makes sense in the light of evolution.
Trees are the one exeption because they are the only biological structure with sturdy cell walls which can live for centuries and even millenia and can be still standing for centuries to millenia after its death. In addition different layer can deposit around a tree after it is fossilized into one massive lump of rock. You don’t see how such a monolith can be buried over long periods of time? And actually it doesn’t take much time at all in some occasions: There are manmade menhires sunken into the ground our buried within just a few centuries, merely the blink of an eye by geological standards.
Depending on the particular environment layers can be deposited in rapid succession, sometimes several per year - and if you exermine the bigger layers at the great canyon you will find that they are made of many such thinner layers.
And yes, there have been flood events which affected huge parts of north america, the whole middle west was submerged once, called the western interior seaway. And another massive flood was caused much later when the glaciers were melting further north, a massive lake of melting water developed and caused the flood when the relativly thin dam of ice which held it back got weakened enough to break and water damned up for centuries suddenly broke free. How do we know about this? The layers told us.
I’m not even us-american - yet I have a better understanding of the geological history of your home country than you.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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