Worldview #8: Science Proves a Young Earth Part #1

The Bible teaches a much younger earth than the 4.5 billion years old that is commonly taught in our public schools, universities and society in general. However, what does the universe tell us about its age? There are several clues pointing to a much younger creation than what evolutionists want us to believe. This month we will consider 3 such clues.

First, there is very little sediment on the seafloor. If sediments have been accumulating for 3 billion years, then the seafloor should be choked with sediments many miles deep. Dr. Andrew Snelling (PhD in geology, University of Sydney) said, “Every year, 20 billion tons of dirt and rock debris wash into the ocean and accumulate on the seafloor. Only 1 billion tons (5%) are removed by tectonic plates. At this rate, the current thickness of seafloor sediment would accumulate in less than 12 million years. Such sediments are easily explained by water draining off the continents towards the end of the Flood recorded in Genesis chapters 6-9 (for more information see (https://answersingenesis.org/geology/sedimentation/1-very-little-sediment-on-the-seafloor/).

A second clue that the earth is not as old as many teach is bent rock layers. In many mountainous areas, rock layers thousands of feet thick have been bent and folded without fracturing. However, hardened rock layers are brittle. Therefore, if the earth’s fossil-bearing sedimentary layers were laid down over millions of years, they could not be bent without breaking. The region around Grand Canyon is a great example showing how most of the earth’s fossil-bearing layers were laid down quickly and many were folded while still wet. Some will argue that heat and pressure can make hard rock layers pliable, so this must have been what happened in the Grand Canyon. However, heat and pressure would have transformed these layers into quartzite, marble, and other metamorphic rocks. Yet Tapeats Sandstone is still sandstone, a sedimentary rock! (for more information see https://answersingenesis.org/geology/rock-layers/2-bent-rock-layers/).

A third clue that the earth is not as old as many teach is soft tissues in fossils. Ask the average layperson how he or she knows that the earth is millions or billions of years old, and that person will probably mention the dinosaurs, which nearly everybody “knows” died off 65 million years ago. However, why do some dinosaur fossils still contain well-preserved soft tissues?  Dr. Mary Schweitzer discovered blood vessels in a Tyrannosaurus Rex found in the Hell Creek formation of Montana. This discovery would be impossible if the dinosaurs died off some 68 million years ago, as is commonly taught. On the other hand, historical evidence has confirmed that soft tissues can be found in the remains of beings around 5,000 years old, which is in line with the Biblical creation (for more information see https://answersingenesis.org/fossils/3-soft-tissue-in-fossils/)

The bottom line is creation itself supports the teaching of a young earth rather than the billions of years that evolutionists teach and need to support their false worldview. 

In His service,

            Matt