Living rent-free inside a Christian Young Earth Creationist's head
I recently encountered a Christian on another social media platform who claimed that the story of the Biblical Flood was "worth consideration" as an explanation for our current geology.....so naturally I asked him to provide the relevant research that supported his claim.
True to form, he dodged repeatedly until he finally provided me with a link to an apologist website, namely a literalist Bible ministry that openly presupposes the "inerrant truth" of the Bible, and in particular an article authored by Andrew Snelling - a former geologist and current employee of Answers in Genesis - which made a series of claims about the Biblical Flood.
This article - "Overview of Geologic Evidence of the Flood":
- contains no research
- contains no citations to research
- was written by someone who has publicly stated that he will not accept evidence that contradicts the Bible and that the "flood of Genesis was an actual historic event, worldwide (global) in its extent and catastrophic in its effects."
So he failed.....miserably.....and I pointed this out.
The response? Rather predictably....outrage, falsehoods about science, insults, dishonest strawman arguments and....surprise, surprise......repeated attempts to reverse his burden of proof.
It's getting him nowhere, but the amount of time and effort that he's spending raging about it is pretty funny. However I can't help thinking that all that time and effort could be put to much more positive use if it weren't for the idiotic dogma being promoted by grifters like Andrew Snelling, Ken Ham and Calvin Smith etc.