Book Review – Two young-Earth creationist books about Yellowstone expose how YECs cannot explain Yellowstone geology

Your Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks: A Different Perspective, by John Hergenrather, Tom Vail, Mike Oard, and Dennis Bokovoy The Geology of Yellowstone: A Biblical Guide, by Patrick Nurre Young-Earth creationists (YECs) believe that the Bible requires that almost all features of Earth’s crust are the result of Noah’s Flood about 4300 …

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Yellowstone National Park — Another bad answer from Answers in Genesis

This brief article on Yellowstone National Park from Answers in Genesis is exceptionally bad. https://answersingenesis.org/creation-vacations/yellowstone-national-park/ Answers in Genesis -- "The volcano that left the enormous crater at Yellowstone was far greater than anything we observe today. While modern craters measure barely 20 square miles (52 km2), the crater at Yellowstone covers about 1,500 square miles …

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Young-Earth creationism and the intensity of volcanism

The June 2012 issue of the Institute for Creation Research's Acts & Facts magazine came to my mailbox this week, and the short article "Volcanoes of the Past" by John D. Morris caught my attention. The article argues that Noah's flood was a time of massive volcanic eruptions ("supervolcanoes"), and that volcanic activity on Earth is now …

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Around the web 1/29/2011

Mountain lion in St. Louis County! -- This doesn't happen too often. A night-time wildlife camera captured a mountain lion in suburban St. Louis, less than ten miles from our home. We're a little more used to opossums, raccoons, deer, and wild turkeys around here. I don't worry too much about mountain lions when hiking …

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Ten places to take your kids — Yahoo’s list and mine

From Yahoo Travel: 10 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up Here they are: The Brooklyn Bridge The Pacific Coast Highway Niagara Falls New Orleans Devil's Tower Mount Rushmore & The Crazy Horse Memorial Dinosaur Valley (Glen Rose, Texas) Gettysburg National Park National Air and Space Museum The Grand Canyon My kids have …

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