Something to Ponder

Something to Ponder

“Pondering,” analyzing the data and the implications of a theory, is always necessary to determining whether or not the theory is good. “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” Proverbs 4:26
	Pyrite (pictured at left) is also known as “Fool’s Gold” because it resembles gold’s color. It is found in many different kinds of rocks as well as in coal. Coal is an interesting subject to ponder. Radiometric dating of hermetically sealed (protected from contamination) coal with presumed ages of 50 to 300 million years all yield ages consistent with Noah’s flood.
The study of fossils is one of the most exciting and imagination-stimulating of the historical sciences. Fossils are found on every single continent (including Antarctica), and in most sedimentary rock types. Most fossils are of marine invertebrates, shellfish and other such animals. Sideling Hill has its share of fossilized brachiopods. Many species of Brachiopoda still exist today, so we know from observing these live species much about their life cycles. Brachiopods have two shells similar to clams except for their two shells are different sizes; i.e. one shell is larger than the other. Typically these animals attach themselves to a hard object on the sea floor, or to the bottom of their burrow in the base of the body of water in which they live. It is interesting to ponder how shellfish fossils would be found on top of a mountain. That is a lot of water!

	According to one plaque at Sideling Hill, “. . . diamictite is a rock composed of unsorted clay, silt, sand and cobbles from unknown or remote sources. Found in one of the lowest strata in Sideling Hill, geologists are not certain how the diamictite was formed, but it could have been from a submarine landslide” (emphasis added). Violent underwater activity like a landslide is the most popular theory on how diamictite is formed. Diamictite, literally meaning “thoroughly mixed” (from the Greek dia-through and meiktos-mixed), is made of sediment - the very coarse and the very fine and everything in between, no sorting having taken place at all. Because of the unusual mixing, there are a couple of theories on how this type of rock is formed, the most common being violent sub-marine activities like a landslide or violent tectonic plate activity.

Two Theories—Two Interpretations of the data—Only one can be right
Creation	Evolution
Creationists look at the Diamictite (which appears to have been formed in a catastrophic environment), fossils (found on every continent mostly in a jumbled mess) and the consistent coal dates and say that all of these were laid down rapidly and recently in a world-wide flood (like the flood of Noah’s day).	Evolutionists look at the different layers of coal and sedimentary rock and assume that they had to have formed over millions of years. Therefore, the diamictite took a long time to solidify, coal was formed over millions of years from a peat bog, it took a long time for the sand/sediment to cover the dead plants and animals and then even more time while the process of fossilization occurred.

« Previous

Sideling Hill—

Geologic Classroom

Auxtbcr.info Home

Quotes to Ponder

Statement of Faith