1. Science and the Bible A Course of Study by Dr. David C. Bossard Winter, 2008 (Continued) Week 25 Noah's Flood (Cont.)

2. Noah's Flood The Geological Evidence: The flood was not universal The geological strata are NOT evidence of Noah's Flood, There is evidence of local floods throughout history There is DNA evidence of a human catastrophe around 40,000 years ago - The flood? - Creation of Adam/Eve? Evidence that life was on the earth for a very long time - (certainly at least many millions of years) Evidence of death long before humans appeared.

3. Noah's Flood The Geological Evidence: The flood was not universal The geological strata are NOT evidence of Noah's Flood, - laid down over eons of time Points in favor of a long, calm, orderly laying of sedimentary rocks: Orderly sequence of fossils (now extinct species) from non-life to increasingly complex species. Preservation intact of many delicate fossils Evidence of many periodic evaporative cycles (e.g. salt/algae) in some cases hundreds or thousands of feet thick. Presence of animal tracks, rain drops,

4. The Silent Speech: The Geologic Record Greenland Ice Core Samples Ice Layering near the surface GISP2 ice core at 1837 meters depth with clearly visible annual layers. (GISP = Greenland Ice Core Sampling Project). Age about 16,250 yrs. Approx. 38 years represented in this sample. Length 1m.

5. Noah's Flood: Direct Age Measurements of geological strata Laminations: Wonderly, Neglect of Geologic Data:p.73ff Evaporite formations. Castile Formation in Western Texas Over 200,000 annual "couplet layers". p.76 "We are forced to conclude that the layers of the Castile Formation were formed naturally by evaporation and periodic algal growth." Castile Formation

6. Noah's Flood The Geological Evidence: There is evidence of local floods throughout history There is DNA evidence of a human catastrophe around 40,000 years ago - The flood? - Creation of Adam/Eve? Evidence that life was on the earth for a very long time - (certainly at least many millions of years) Evidence of death long before humans appeared.

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8. Noah's Flood Why not be quiet about these things? Quote Pye Smith

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