Question

Which of the following statements is false about plants and animals before the great flood in the Bible?

Answer 1

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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