Explain this, evolution believers.

[EvaRia]

Forget that, how do YOU explain fossils?

FOMCL

Agree with pretty much everything they replied. ^

Actually, I'm pretty curious on what he thinks on that now.
Seriously, how do you explain fossils that are millions of years old when the earth itself is only ~6000 years old (I think)?
I remember hearing answers like "They were put here by God to test our faith!" but I want to know what he thinks, because he obviously believes that they were put there by a global flood instead? ???

[asymmetry]

The "test our faith" thing is childish. >_< Sounds like an excuse made in a rush, yet it's still used.

Ignorant people worldwide, tectonic plates move, deal with it~

[ddevans96]

Forget that, how do YOU explain fossils?

FOMCL

Agree with pretty much everything they replied. ^

Actually, I'm pretty curious on what he thinks on that now.
Seriously, how do you explain fossils that are millions of years old when the earth itself is only ~6000 years old (I think)?
I remember hearing answers like "They were put here by God to test our faith!" but I want to know what he thinks, because he obviously believes that they were put there by a global flood instead? ???

The earth is billions of years old.

[BC]

*Gets some popcorns*

[asymmetry]

Actually, I'm pretty curious on what he thinks on that now.
Seriously, how do you explain fossils that are millions of years old when the earth itself is only ~6000 years old (I think)?
I remember hearing answers like "They were put here by God to test our faith!" but I want to know what he thinks, because he obviously believes that they were put there by a global flood instead? ???

The earth is billions of years old.

I think she (?) meant scientific time VS biblic time.

[Kuross]

If time is proportional to belief and I believe the earth is 10,000 years old, per Creationist belief, then why can't I cook a frozen pizza in my conventional oven in less the 3 seconds?

[Ryli]

Your argument wasn't very well thought out.
We have houses. They can't be there through evolution, God must have put them there....

Oh wait, we put them there.

If you want to make a point do it properly or you won't convince anyone.

I agree about the plate movement being the main cause for this, although predators moving their prey also plays a part.

[johannhowitzer]

When thinking about fossils, always remember they have to be accounted for by some catastrophe - a global flood is one of many possibilities.  Science is finally growing out of its uniformitarian stage, which is good when thinking about fossils, because fossils are not generated through a natural, commonplace death.  The organism must be killed by something which then encases its corpse in something that acts as a mold - fossilization occurs when an organism decays and the space it leaves behind is filled by other material.

None of the fossils we have today are composed of bone or other living tissue, except for a few flash-frozen creatures near the poles, who were preserved by the low temperature as a nearly-fresh corpse and cannot be properly called fossils.

[nerd1]

the earth is more than 3 billion years old, this can be proved with carbon dating.

[Seiya]

@ OP:  You don't have to be a fundamentalist to believe in the Bible and God.  Truth does not contradict truth.  If science provides proof for something, then it is a possibility.  God does not reveal to us believers how He does things.  Try to remember that.  I hope that will save you from confusion down the line.  Science and Faith don't have to be in conflict.

[theloconate]

i found this response on a different forum "It's very easy to explain. The process concerned is called 'uplift'.
When the continental plates collide with each other you sometimes get a process of 'uplift' where the land is forced upwards by the tectonic pressure. This is a slow process (taking millions of years) but eventually can result in low-lying land being raised up to form mountain ranges.
It is also worth noting that where sea-fossils are found on such mountains they are generally found deep in the rock layers - not on the top. This indicates that the fossils were laid down before the uplift occurred"