There is extensive evidence for the layers of strata in the geologic record being laid down very quickly, similar to the processes observed when Mount St. Helens erupted. Rapid global formation of sedimentary rock beds is evidence that the earth is thousands of years old.
Repeat after me, class, for the twentieth time or until you get it right: rapid formation of
some things does not indicate rapid formation of
all things.
All you need in order to prove Russ' (ICR's) statement false is one single rock layer that could not possibly have formed rapidly. I mentioned blueschist in a previous post. Limestone is another, and older still are marble and dolomite (which are limestone that has been metamorphosed). Limestone is composed of the skeletons of micro-organisms which live in the top 10 meters or so of shallow seas. When these tiny creatures die their calcium rich skeletons sink to the sea floor, and over long periods of time the depths of limestone accumulation can become substantial. The limestone layers of the White Cliffs of Dover are 200 to 300 meters thick and are thought to have accumulated over a period of around 10 million years. A flood scenario that would have laid down the limestone layers in less than a single year just a few thousand years ago presents a problem. It's also a bit of a puzzle as to how there are different layers above and below it in the same supposed flood deposit.
The major formations of the earth’s crust are sedimentary rock beds.
Erm . . .
no:
Igneous rocks make up approximately ninety five percent of the upper part of the Earth's crust, but their great abundance is hidden on the Earth's surface by a relatively thin but widespread layer of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
These were formed by rapid erosion, transportation, and deposition by water.
were formed that way: rapidly by water. Some were formed slowly by water (e.g. limestone and evaporites). Some were formed by the wind with no water present (e.g. aeolian sandstone). We've got blatant lying by omission here. Either that, or someone needs to open a geology book.
For example, sandstone is a major feature of the lower part of the Grand Canyon. The same rock layer is found in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, South Dakota, the Midwest, the Ozarks, and in northern New York state. Equivalent formations are found across wide portions of Canada, eastern Greenland, and Scotland.
What does this have to do with anything? It's like me saying that because there's soil on my land, and there's soil in lots of other places too, then all those exact soil layers must have been deposited at the same time by the same worldwide event, in the same manner. There's no logic to this.
