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4. Reverse geology |
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The geologic table shows
that rocks are in a sequential layer from pre-cambrian upward to the
earth's crust. |
True |
TRUE |
| 86 |
However, no place on
earth has this sequential pattern from "oldest" to "youngest".
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Sequences containing deposits
from all the geological periods from the pre-Cambrian to recent are preserved
in many places. 25 such locations are listed here:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/geocolumn/ |
FALSE |
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Link - Standard Geologic Column |
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| 87 |
In fact, there is a rock
in Arizona that no evolutionist will discuss without resorting to
outright lying. |
There is a rock in
Montana that fits in perfectly with our current theories of plate
tectonics. It is called the Lewis Thrust Fault. There are several
accounts of it in the geological literature. To substantiate your claim
of 'lying', you need to identify the lies. Otherwise it is simply
character defamation. |
FALSE |
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| 88 |
This cambrian rock is 35 miles
long by 5 mile wide by 7 miles deep. (This statement has been revised
on http://evolutionlie.faithweb.com/, and now reads correctly as ' This
pre-cambrian rock is 350 miles long by 15 miles wide by 7 miles deep. ') |
False - it is uppermost Pre-Cambrian
(corrected in http://evolutionlie.faithweb.com/) |
FALSE ( corrected in http://evolutionlie.faithweb.com/) |
| 89 |
How did it get to the
top if it's one of the oldest. Any scientist will tell you it's
impossible to move something of this mass through the earth. |
Not according to plate tectonics,
the most widely (I'm inclined to say universally) accepted theory to account
for many and diverse geological phenomena |
FALSE |
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Link
- The Lewis Thrust Fault |
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| 90 |
Also, there are no "up-thrust"
marks anywhere on this rock. |
Simply untrue. The web
site I list immediately above shows photographs of such marks! |
FALSE |
| 91 |
In conclusion, there is
no geologic table-just a tool for "duping" innocents. |
This is quite simply a
lie. |
FALSE |
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5. Paraconformity |
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| 92 |
This describes rock
layers that are missing. Gaps in the geologic table where one layer of
rock is on top of the other with one missing in between - sometimes
100's of millions of years without any of the gullying or weathering
generally used as an excuse for this behavior. |
A poor description, and
the use of the word 'excuse' shows that the intent is to mislead |
Misleading |
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Link
- Unconformities |
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| 93 |
At several places in the
Baltic region, clays of Pleistocene age rest directly on clays of
cambrian age fossils - a gap of over 400 million years. |
So what? |
Irrelevant |
| 94 |
Yet, in the same region,
layers can hardly be located, so similar are the two clays |
So what? |
Irrelevant |
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6. Oil and coal |
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| 96 |
When the carbon-14 test
was young they used to date all sorts of things. |
Carbon-14 dating has (to
my knowledge) mainly been used to date archeological material. The
method is inherently incapable of dating anything more than about 40,000
years old. |
FALSE |
| 97 |
The main 2 were oil and
coal. |
This is quite simply untrue!
I can find no references to C-14 dating being used on oil and coal outside
the creationist literature. |
FALSE |
| 98 |
Tests of these 2
substances using the carbon-14 method reveal them to be just several
thousand (10-14) years old, instead of the millions they were thought to
be by evolutionists. |
The dating method is
inherently incapable of dating anything as millions of years old! |
Irrelevant |
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Link
- Radiometric Dating Methods |
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| 99 |
After these early dates
were found, scientists stopped using it to date these substances as it
threw everything out of kilter. |
Completely untrue - see
my remarks on the limitations of the dating method above. |
FALSE |
| 100 |
The production rate of
C-14 in the atmosphere exceeds the decay rate by about 30% |
Untrue - the production
rate varies |
FALSE |
| 101 |
When this non
equilibrium data is used instead of the unwarranted evolutionary
assumption of equilibrium, computed dates of all the organic materials
fall within 10,000 years. |
False, as it is based on a false
premise. |
FALSE |
| 102 |
If the atmosphere really
were old, by now, these two rates would be in equilibrium. |
False, as it is based on a false
premise. |
FALSE |
| 103 |
Thus, the disparity in
the two rates confirms a young atmosphere. |
As the basic assumption is false,
the conclusion is false. |
FALSE |
| 104 |
Oil, coal, natural gas,
and other items evolutionists suppose are very old have been dated by
C-14. |
I can find no reference
to this outside the creationist literature. |
FALSE |
| 105 |
But, this should not be
possible because this dating method is no good past about 50,000 years.
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Which is why it isn't used to
date such deposits. |
Irrelevant |
| 106 |
So, the ability to date
coal, oil, etc., shows these materials are recent. |
Why should the age of the deposits
depend on out ability to date them? This is a very strange remark. |
False logic |
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7. Stasis |
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| 107 |
This field of
observation studies the fact that most animals have remained the same,
despite millions of years of time to evolve. |
Stasis is a phenomenon, not
a field of study. The statement is in any case untrue. |
FALSE |
| 108 |
Many fossils from older
rocks, when compared to their modern counterparts, are often identical
in form. |
A few fossils are similar
to forms in ancient rocks. Most are not (when did you last see a
trilobite, an ammonite or a mosasaur?) |
FALSE |
| 109 |
Not one type of change
into another has ever been recorded, ... |
Untrue. There are many
examples in the fossil record |
FALSE |
| 110 |
...yet evolution is
regarded in most circles as fact. |
True, but somewhat at
odds with your statement I have numbered (2) on
page 1 above |
TRUE |
