Answer: Noah’s flood represents an event within the last several thousand years, whereas Plate Tectonic
theory describes a slow geologic process at work in the earth over much vaster ages. In this
respect there isn’t much commonality between them. Attempts by “creation scientists” to
connect them [8] have only served to confuse the scientific layperson. We shall see that there is
strong evidence that Plate Tectonic movement has been a slow, gradual process for millions of
years. Indeed there is a wealth of scientific evidence supporting Plate Tectonic Theory, as we
shall examine in the next chapter. This is one aspect that makes it a scientific theory. Its rise to
prominence in science is very similar to the rise of the Big Bang Theory. Both were considered
highly speculative until the accumulation of observational evidences became too great to ignore.
The other important aspect of a scientific theory is that it should be understandable on the basis
of well-established scientific principles, yielding plausible mechanisms to explain the
observational evidence. In both respects the theory of Plate Tectonics represents good science.
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