“Why I am Not an Evolutionist
…”
The Science
Lecture Class Handout
By Andy Carmichael ©
2003
Creation School Online
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8. How do you become
a fossil ?
Get buried rapidly in thick,
wet sediment that contains a chemical cementing agent
… The global fossil record could have been formed
only by a global Flood of the hydrothermal, hot,
highly pressurized, highly permineralised subterranean
waters – the Biblical “fountains of the great deep”. This
is simply subterranean water at high pressure and high
temperature, containing a vast amount of dissolved salts
and minerals in solution.
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How long does it take for an animal, plant or person
to become fossilised after dying … ?
How long does it take for
an animal, plant or person to become fossilized ? Let’s
ask an evolutionist :
“The amount of time that
it takes for a bone to become completely permineralized
is highly variable. If the groundwater is heavily laden
with minerals in solution, the process can happen rapidly.
Modern bones that fall into mineral springs can become
permineralized within a matter of weeks.”
(Philip J. Currie, evolutionist,
Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology,
Alberta, Canada, 1996 [21] )
“Bones do not have to be
‘turned into stone’ to be fossils, and usually most of
the original bone is still present in a dinosaur fossil.”
(Philip J. Currie, evolutionist,
Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology,
Alberta, Canada, 1996 [22] )
“A relatively common fossil
found on many parts of the coast of northern Australia,
Thalassina is a crustacean, a kind of lobster,
that lives in burrows on tidal mudflats. Like all other
crustaceans, it has to cast off its shell in order to
grow. Throughout its life, a single Thalassina may
produce a dozen or more shells. Each time it molts, the
shell is buried at the bottom of the burrow and a new
living chamber is excavated. Buried in mud, the cast-off
shell can be fossilized in a very short time, perhaps
less than a year. Some of these fossils are so young that
the animals that shed them may still be alive.”
(Rocks and Fossils
– The Ultimate Guide to the Earth, Collins, 1996 [23] ) (emphasis added)
“Although professionals understand
how fast fossils begin to form under flood conditions,
the general public often does not. … That same process,
mineral in-fill, can turn wood, bones, and shells into
fossils in a short period of time. Indeed, fossils can
be made in the laboratory !
… In short, floods form
fossils fast ! …
Like most Americans, I was
mis-taught in grade school that it takes millions of years
and tremendous heat and pressure to turn sediments (like
sand, lime, or clay) into rock (like sandstone, limestone,
or shale). We all know better. Concrete is just artificial
rock. Cement companies crush rock, separate the cementing
minerals and large stones, then sell it to you. You add
water to produce the chemical reaction (curing, not drying),
and rock forms again – easily, naturally, and quickly,
right before your very eyes. … Time, heat, and pressure
can and do alter the properties of rock (including
‘Flood rock’), but the initial formation of most
rocks, like the setting of concrete, is quite rapid. …
Once a plant or animal is
buried deeply enough in the right kind of sediment, there’s
no special trick involved in turning it into fossil, and
no huge amount of time is required. Minerals simply accumulate
in the specimen itself or in the cavity left by the specimen
after it rots away.”
(Dr Gary Parker, PhD in
biology, creationist scientist, biologist and palaeontologist,
former university lecturer in evolution, Science Faculty
Fellow of the US National Science Foundation, Creation
Facts of Life, 1997 [24] )