Why do we only find fossils?

Hi Yaro Fossils were created by the sediments that washed over carcasses during the Great Flood. It is well known that fossils can be formed extremely rapidly under the right conditions.The flood was so powerful that it destroyed all organic life; only bones that happened to be fossilized left a trace of their existence. So all we see now are fossils of species that were destroyed in the flood. Individuals that weren't fossilized were blasted into smithereens.Dinosaurs, for example, failed to get onto the ark, and their organic material was completely destroyed by the flood, only their fossils remain.MickPS. It's fun being a creationist!

Hello again, randman,Please elaborate. What is the evidence and what do you mean by "modern times"? I know there are so-called "fossil species" but they aren't actually dinosaurs (the coelocanth, for example, is a fish, isn't it?). Is there a "living fossil" dinosaur in the same way that there is a "living fossil" fish?I guess this is on topic because we're talking about the likelihood of a "living fossil" being "actually fossilized" or not. But for the sake of the mods' sanity let's avoid the "are living fossils really living fossils" debate which I think is going on elsewhere.Cheers!Mick

Hi Belfry, Do you know if this kind of partial fossilization is common in other groups of animals? I guess if fossilization is a slow gradual process, then there has to be a point in every fossilization event where the object is a mixture of mineral and soft tissue. I wonder how long this stage would last.Thanks for the info.Mick