Outcast Baptist Judge Enforcer of Church and Theology. It's like S.H.I.E.L.D. or S.P.E.C.T.R.E, but for end-times fools and idiots.
O.B.J.E.C.T.
Rapid Evolution
"Rise and rapid evolution of grazing mammals and ape-like creatures." Rapid evolution is an oxymoron. There shouldn't be rapid evolution because of the way that the process of evolution has been envisioned.
Present-day Forest Associations
The description of the Miocene is the same kind of circular reasoning that all of the rest of the geological timescale is built on. If sediment doesn't have an characteristics of the Miocene, it's not assigned to the Miocene.
Climatic Cooling
The wind which came after Noah's flood evaporated the waters and caused global cooling, leading to polar and equatorial glaciation. Evidence of equatorial glaciation is assigned to the Permian.
Continental Uplifts and a Major Orogeny
How do we account for fossils when the fossils are older than the geographic features that they’re part of? “Marked world-wide continental uplifts and a major orogeny resulting in the rise of the Alps.“
August 24th
The Miocene is the Miocene because it's the Miocene. Anything that's not characteristic of the Miocene is assigned to something other than the Miocene. It's a little microcosm of circular reasoning.