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Well, I can't hope to explain the consequences of CPT (Catastrophic Plate Techtonics) or propose some other theory for the uplift of Mt. Everest. However, this is different than saying that the fossils in the mountains are not evidence of the Flood. Rather, you are saying that IF the fossils are a result of the Flood, then the required and fairly sudden formation of the mountain presents an unsolved problem.
Well, given the consequences of CPT, fossils on mountaintops can not be used as evidence until the heat is taken care of. The problem is that for the entire earth to be covered by the amount of water found on earth it has to be relatively flat. So the only reason to have flat land is to account for the water. No evidence is ever given for the land being flat, it is just assumed ad hoc.
So now that CPT has the water problem "solved", it has to explain where the mountains came from. For no other reason besides verses in Genesis and the fact that the earth is not flat, the sudden uplift of mountains is hypothesized, again in an ad hoc nature. The only reason for accepting CPT is for compliance to a literal reading of Genesis. None of the evidence points to this occuring, nor is CPT able to deal with the consequences of this mountain building without inserting miracles.
I could also claim that if aliens suddenly shaped the earth with gravity rays that mountains would have seashells on them. That would put me on the same evidenciary level as CPT. Cool, huh. So, without a reliable theory on how CPT formed mountains, sea shells can't be used as evidence.