CSE Seminar Notebook - Free Bible Resources

"Deposits of recent mudflows on Mount St. Helensdemonstrate conclusively thatstumps can be transportedand deposited upright. Theseobservations support theconclusions that some verticaltrees in the Yellowstone 'fossilforests' were transported in ageologic situation directlycomparable to that of MountSt. Helens."— William J. Fritz,"StumpsTransported and DepositedUpright by Mount St. Helens MudFlows," Geology,vol. 8(December 1980), p. 588.Rapid FossilizationAlthough evolutionists have repeatedly presented fossilsas evidence for an earth millions of years old, creationists,using the same fossils and an opposing interpretation,concludetheyareevidenceforayoungearth. Astheremainsof plants and animals are covered by sediment, fossils arecreated.Thecompressedremainsarepreservedandconvertedinto minerals, leaving an imprint in stone. In order for anorganism to be fossilized, the remains must be coveredquickly;otherwise,thenaturaldecayingprocessbegins.Evolutionistsbelievetheprincipleofuniformity,implyingthat small changes over extended periods of time broughtabout significant changes. They have long used fossils toargue for their supposed old age of the earth's strata.However, fossils form quickly under special conditionsinvolving rapid, immediate burial in mud just like Noah’sfloodwouldhaveprovided.Rapid fossilization, promoted by Biblical creation, easilyexplainstheexistenceoffossils. Becauseoflocalfloodingandvolcanic activity around the world, not every fossil can bedated back to Noah's day. However, there are many fossils,such as polystrate fossils, that can only be explained by aworldwide flood. As the waters were “going and returning”(Genesis 8), great amounts of sediment began to settle intolayers.Thiseventallowedampletimefortheremainsofmanyplants, animals, and humans to be buried quickly andfossilized. Polystrate fossils are found extending throughmultiple layers of sediment. Many trees have been foundfossilized in a vertical position through layers of coal,sandstone, and other sediments. Certainly, the trees wouldhave decayed if millions ofyearshadoccurredbetweenthedifferent strata. Rapidfossilization scientificallyanswers the questions as tohow fossils are formed; andtheories made to the contrarywill always leave morequestionsthananswers.37Creation Science Evangelism •29 Cummings Road •Pensacola, Florida 32503