Faith writes:
If structurally the strata could not possibly have formed according to the Old Earth interpretation (which looks like an open-and-shut case to me)...
I'm still trying to understand this part. What makes it (or even implies that it may be) impossible?
Can you explain what actually is "open-and-shut?"
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My question is... why is that impossible? Why can't all those layers form over millions (and even up to a billion... as you say) years before getting cut out? Science that says the earth is old says that the earth is over 3 billion years old. Why can't these layers have been forming for hundreds of millions of years (even close to a billion) and then get cut after they all formed?
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From what I can see... there's only 1 Grand Canyon in the world. It's so spectacular and unique that it's even named
one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It doesn't seem like this kind of cutting-through-the-landscape is something that can happen on a regular basis.
Something that is so unique on this planet, and only happened once... I don't see much of a problem with that one-time-cutting occurring after "up to a billion years" of layers being formed in the area. After all, those layers had over 3 billion years to form before the canyon was cut. The timeline seems plausible, to me.
That is, in all other parts of the world... this sort of cutting
has never happened at all for over 3 billion years.
I don't see an issue with it "not occurring for up to a billion years" in just one place on the planet.