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Yellowstone National Park — Another bad answer from Answers in Genesis

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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

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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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