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Biblical Geology 101

How looking at rocks can change your world

Dr Tasman WalkerB.Sc.(Hons I), B.Eng.(Hons I), PhD

Bondi Beach, Sydney

This rock weighing 235 tons was washed from the sea during a storm

on 15th July 1912 Glass House Mountains Lookout

“Eroded by wind and water over 25 million years”

BeliefsDinosaur

fossil does not

have label

1.5 m long

1.5 m long

Evolutionist Creationist

1.5 m long

1.5 m long

Evidence for

Evolution

Evidence for

Creation

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—Repcheck, J., The Man Who Found Time, PerseusPublishing, 2003.

[p.14] ‘The Scottish Presbyterian Church, the English Anglican Church, the Lutheran Church and the Catholic Church—indeed, all Christian churches, their clergies, and their followers—believed that the earth was not even 6,000 years old.

This belief was a tenet based on rigorous analysis of the Bible and other holy scriptures. It was not just the devout who embraced this belief; most men of science agreed that the earth was young.

—Repcheck, J., The Man Who Found Time, Perseus Publishing, 2003.

Fossils once alivePrinciples of StratigraphyGeological History of Tuscany

Nicolas Steno1638–1686

Father of geologyStarted with biblical history

1771 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica: supporting Noah’s Flood and a young earth.

Plate XXXV: “Noah’s Ark, floating on the waters of the Deluge.”

But they deliberately forget that long ago … by these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

2 Peter 3:5–6

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Deliberately forget!“The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now.”

—James Hutton (1726–97) Theory of the Earth, quoted in A.Holmes, Principles of Physical Geology.

—Repcheck, J., The Man Who Found Time, Perseus Publishing, 2003.

“[Jacket] ‘Hutton proved that the earth was likely millions of years old rather than the biblically determined six thousand, …”

—Repcheck, J., The Man Who Found Time, Perseus Publishing, 2003.

[p.4] “Hutton’s theory was deeply upsetting on two counts. First it questioned the veracity of the Bible, and second, it displaced humans from close to the start of time.”

Grand Canyon, USA

Over a billion years old?

Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland

60 million years ago?

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100 million years ago?

Creation

Evolution

“I have battled doubt in my faith life for a long time, and most of it comes from evolution and dinosaurs and scientific stuff. I have found your website most useful …” Jason W.

Battled doubt“I was raised in the church until my teens, before rejecting it and declaring myself an atheist/agnostic … the creation/evolution issue was the number one sticking point for me—how could I possibly believe the Bible if it was wrong from the very start? …”

Kenneth M

“Number one sticking point”

4000BC

2000BC

1 2000AD

CREATION FLOOD PRESENT

Time line of Bible historyCHRIST

FLOOD EVENT

CREATIONEVENT

POSTFLOOD

ERA

PREFLOOD

ERA

POSTFLOODROCKS

PREFLOODROCKS

FLOODROCKS

CREATIONROCKS

ROCK SCALE

TIME SCALE

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Sheets

TIME SCALE

FLOOD EVENT

CREATIONEVENT

POSTFLOOD

ERA

PREFLOOD

ERA

POST FLOOD

FLOOD

CREATION

ROCK SCALE

INUNDATORY

GATHERING

FLOODROCKS

CREATIONROCKS

PRE FLOOD

RECESSIVE

RESIDUALMODERN

DISPERSIVE

ABATIVE

ZENITHIC

ASCENDING

ERUPTIVE

FOUNDATIONALORIGINAL

ENSUING

DERIVATIVE

BIOTIC

PRE FLOOD

Caloundra Headland

Muttaburrasauruslangdoni

Lark Quarry, Queensland

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Lark Quarry, Queensland

Sediments of the Great Artesian Basin

Contains fossils: NOT Creation event. Must be Flood

Contains footprints: NOT Recessive stage.Must be Inundatory stage

Large scale: Points to Creation or Flood

Great Artesian Basin

Waters Rising

Waters FallingPost-Flood

Waters Rising

Sheet Flow

Channel Flow

Three Sisters, Australia

FLOOD

DISPERSIVE

ABATIVE

ZENITHIC

ASCENDING

ERUPTIVE

Plateau

Deposited

Valleys

Waters Rising

Sheet Flow

Channel Flow

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Grand Canyon, USA

FLOOD

DISPERSIVE

ABATIVE

ZENITHIC

ASCENDING

ERUPTIVE

Plateau

Deposited

Canyon

Nodosaur

Nodosaur head

“A herd of centrosaurs (a type of horned dinosaur) drowning in a flood millions of years ago in what is now Alberta, as depicted in this illustration. They left behind what could be the world's largest dinosaur graveyard.” Royal Tyrrell Museum.

Noah’s Flood 4,500 years ago

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100

200

300

400

500

KBS Tuff

Geologists first decide what date they want

Then, after-the-result, geologists change their assumptions to fit the answer with what they already decided

KBS tuff

Fossils: elephant, pig, ape, tools

K-Ar tuff: 212–230 Ma

K-Ar feldspar, pumice: 2.61 Ma

K-Ar feldspar, pumice: 1.82 Ma

Confirmed: paleomagnetism, fission tracks

Confirmed: paleomagnetism, fission tracks

(Kay Behrensmeyer Site)

Skull KNM-ER 1470

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Eyewitnesses

Written record

Birth Certificate

Bill Jones

Doctor Who SawNurse Was There

Founding of Australia

26 January 1788

Adam to Christ

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• Modern geology assumes anti-God philosophy

• Modern geology is eroding trust in Bible

• Biblical geology begins with Bible history

• Biblical geology explains the world

• Biblical geology supports faith in God

Creation magazine

Defending GenesisCelebrating the best from 40 years

of the world’s most widely-read Creation magazine

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