Well, but we all agree that the fossils are sorted in a surprisingly orderly way and creationists expect to find them in the same positions an evolutionist would, so it doesn't prove anything one way or the other if they are found in those positions.
Other factors are far more important for interpreting the observed facts. We (or some of us) think the layering in which the fossils are buried shows that the whole stack of layers had to be deposited in one water event and can't possibly be explained by ANY kind of long-term accumulation whether in stages or periodic catastrophes or gradual building up. It makes no sense that there should be this sorting of DIFFERENT sediments with DIFFERENT fossil content so neatly arranged in them in a horizontal parallel buildup. And how is it they ARE as neatly collected together as they are, this species and that species together with no strays into other zones? Actually, such an arrangement defies all our neat little schemes, certainly the scheme of evolution, but the best explanation nevertheless has to be water with its tides and currents and layerings (yes, layerings, read up a bit on oceanography) -- a LOT of water at ONE time.
Well, but we all agree that the fossils are sorted in a surprisingly orderly way and creationists expect to find them in the same positions an evolutionist would, so it doesn't prove anything one way or the other if they are found in those positions.
Other factors are far more important for interpreting the observed facts. We (or some of us) think the layering in which the fossils are buried shows that the whole stack of layers had to be deposited in one water event and can't possibly be explained by ANY kind of long-term accumulation whether in stages or periodic catastrophes or gradual building up. It makes no sense that there should be this sorting of DIFFERENT sediments with DIFFERENT fossil content so neatly arranged in them in a horizontal parallel buildup. And how is it they ARE as neatly collected together as they are, this species and that species together with no strays into other zones? Actually, such an arrangement defies all our neat little schemes, certainly the scheme of evolution, but the best explanation nevertheless has to be water with its tides and currents and layerings (yes, layerings, read up a bit on oceanography) -- a LOT of water at ONE time.
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