The majority of Christians think of evolution as the process by which organic life developed from molecules to humans. It's a definition of evolution that no one else uses.
Hypothesis 4
Was Mars the source of sediment for the Old Red Sandstone in Scotland? Comparing specimens from Mars and Scotland will show that they have the same provenance.
The Sands of Mars
The Martian landscape has been observed since the first telescopes and the cause of its evident erosion features is the source of scientific speculation which is an early foray into the world of SciFi.
The Old Red Sandstone
Is there any Biblical basis to support the possibility that billions of tons of sediment could fall out of the sky? Why yes, there is. There are several passages which describe rocks falling from the skies.
Worlds in Collision
"Worlds in Collision" is the title of a book by Immanuel Velikovsky in which he proposes, among other things, that the plagues of the Exodus were caused by successive close approaches to Earth by the planet Venus.
Immanuel Velikovsky
Immanuel Velikovsky reconciled science and the Bible as an atheist. His name is universally scorned but not because he was wrong, because no one wanted to hear what he had to say.
Diversification of Fishes
Billions of fish died during Noah's flood. Whole tribes were buried in sediment as it fell out of the sky. Wait, what? How does sediment fall out of the sky? Good question. We're going to have fun with that tomorrow.
Liverworts, Fungi
"Liverworts, fungi" is inductive sleight-of-hand. Supposedly, Liverworts and fungi are at the low end of evolutionary development so, supposedly, their presence in the stratigraphic column indicates that a sediment is old.
Heterospory and the Seed Habit
"Heterospory and the seed habit" is scientific smoke and mirrors. It sounds technical, so most folk will probably assume that so long as someone else understands it, then everything's okay.
Diversification of Vascular Plants
"Diversification of vascular plants: all major groups except flowering plants present by end of Devonian". This demonstrates how inductive reasoning is used to account for evidence.
