Booboo writes:
Also, even if uplift did cause the Grand Canyon that long ago, the uplift would not have kept the Canyon walls preserved--it would've crumbled the rocks toward the top (if you roll your carpet up at an end, you are uplifting it, but the end will not stay preserved strait up).
If what you're saying is that a gradually formed Grand Canyon should have sloping rather than vertical sides, an effect caused by a process known as slope retreat, then yes, that's what we find at the Grand Canyon: sloping sides. Here's a picture:
--Percy