Let the Earth Speak

Of God's Creation

Editor: Albert A. C. Waite, PhD

CONTENTS

Comments                                                                                      7

About the Editor                                                                               8

Contributors                                                                                    9

The Cover                                                                                      11

Acknowledgements                                                                         12

Illustrations                                                                                    13

Preface                                                                                          19

1      Origin and Structure of the Earth                              21

1.1      The Need for a Theory of Origin                                      21

1.2      Humankind  Seeking to Know                                         22

1.3      Our Innate Urge                                                            24

1.4      Evolutionary Theories and the Origins of Matter                25

1.5      The Big Bang                                                                    25

1.6      The Steady State Theory                                                26

1.7      Punctuated Equilibrium                                                   26

1.8    The Real Origin                                                              27

1.9    The Structure of the Earth                                               29

1.9.1   The Crust

       1.9.2   The Mantle

      1.9.3   The Core

1.10     The Earth is Conductive to Life                                       31

1.11     God is the Alternative                                                   32

2      Climbing Up and Down through the 

        Geologic column                                                              35

2.1       The Geologic Column: What is it?                                   35 

2.2       How Was the Geologic Column Put Together?                  36

2.3       How Reliable is the Geologic Column?                             36

2.4    A Great Question: Which is true - Evolution or  Creation? 39

2.5      Evolution and the Geologic Column                                 39

2.6    An Early Creationist Interpretation of the Geologic           40        Column :  Moving Around in Circles            

2.7    A More Recent Creationist Interpretation of the Geologic         Column : The Ecological Zonation Theory                                                                                          41 

2.8      Question About Ecological Zonation                                 42

      2.9      Evidence That Supports Ecological Zonation                     44

2.10  Other Explanations For the Increase in Complexity of Organisms in the Geologic  Column.                                  45

2.11     Problems for Evolution in the Geologic Column                45

2.12     Conclusion                                                                   46

3      Did God  Use Plate Tectonics to Create Dry Land?

3.1     The Path to Plate Tectonics                                            48

3.2     Plate Tectonics in Action                                                49

3.3     Conclusion                                                                   51

4      Why this Position - Rock Layers in the Earth?          54

4.1     What Makes the Layers?                                                54

4.2     What Moved the Layers?                                                56

4.3     Do the Rock Layers Support a World-wide Flood?             67

4.4     Conclusion                                                                   69

5      Cool Runnings and the Ice Age                                      71

5.1     The Glacier Budget                                                       71

5.2     Glacial Flow Shaping the Earth                                       73

5.3     Glaciation - A Creationist Dilemma                                 75

5.4     Ice Age - Precipitated By the Flood                                 76

5.5     Conclusion                                                                   77

6      Ma  king a Seam of Coal                                                   78

6.1     Ms Daisy’s Coal is Best                                                  78

6.2     Geographical Distribution of Coal                                    79

6.3     Value and Uses of Coal                                                  79

6.4     What is Coal?                                                               80

6.5     How Was Coal Formed?                                                 81

6.6     How Long Did it Take to Form a Seam?                           83

6.7     The Composition of Coal                                               85

6.8     The World Before the Flood                                           86

6.9     Conclusion                                                                   87

7        Extraterrestrial Impacts and the Flood                 89

7.1     Meteor Showers                                                           89

7.2     Meteorite Impacts                                                         90

7.3     Evidence of Numerous Impacts in the Geologic Record     91

7.4     Catastrophic Effects of Large Impacts                             92

7.5     Extraterrestrial Impacts and Mass Extinctions                  94

7.6     Extraterrestrial Impacts and the Flood                            95

7.7     Conclusion                                                                  97 

8    Taming the T-Rex                                                              100

8.1     Exploring the Dinosaur Database                                  100

8.2     Did Dinosaurs Really Live?                                           109

8.3     Did Dinosaurs Survive the Flood?                                  110

8.4     What Happened to the Dinosaurs?                                 112

8.5     Conclusion                                                                  113

9      Pass the Rocks and Tell me the Time, Please           115

9.1     Tell Me the Time                                                         115

9.2     Setting the Radioactive Clock                                       115

9.3     Using the Radiometric Clock                                         117

9.4     Radioactive Time vs Scriptural Time                             118

9.5     Conclusion                                                                 121

10    The Rainbow Connection: Fossils, the Geologic         Column and Calvary                                                               122

10.1 Finding a Fossil                                                             122

10.2 Contrasting Views of the Geologic Column                      123

10.3 Did Animals Die Before Humans Lived?                           123

10.4 The Geologic Column and Your Understanding of Calvary 126

10.5 The Rainbow Connection                                               129

10.6 Conclusion                                                                   130

            Index                                                                         131