TOBS: comments from a Geology Professor on evidence interpretation

From: Jabriol (Use-Author-Address-Header_at_[127.1)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:11:11 -0400 (EDT)




 Geology professor John McCampbell once wrote: “The essential
differences between Biblical catastrophism [the Flood] and
evolutionary uniformitarianism are not over the factual data of
geology but over the interpretations of those data. The
interpretation preferred will depend largely upon the background and
presuppositions of the individual student.”

That the Flood did happen is seen in the fact that mankind never
forgot it. All around the world, in locations as far apart as Alaska
and the South Sea Islands, there are ancient stories about it.
Native, pre-Columbian civilizations of America, as well as Aborigines
of Australia, all have stories about the Flood. While some of the
accounts differ in detail, the basic fact that the earth was flooded
and only a few humans were saved in a man-made vessel comes through
in nearly all versions. The only explanation for such a widespread
acceptance is that the Flood was a historical event.

Thus, in essential features the Bible is in harmony with modern
science. Where there is a conflict between the two, the scientists’
evidence is questionable. Where they agree, the Bible is often so
accurate that we have to believe it got its information from a
superhuman intelligence. Indeed, the Bible’s agreement with proved
science provides further evidence that it is God’s word, not man’s.

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