The above name is given to the existence of billions of widely diversified and fully developed life forms in the lowest layers of earth’s sedimentary strata.  The fossil record should, if we assume the so-called theory of evolution to be accurate, show very gradual change from the supposed first simple life forms to the more complex ones that are thought to have evolved later, after eons and eons of change.

(I say “so-called” because any theory that contradicts known laws of science, such as the law of bio-genesis and the first two laws of thermodynamics, should not be accepted as a plausible theory in the first place, though it is not merely accepted, but dogmatically embraced by many.)

The fact that these lowest, and we would be led to conclude, earliest strata layers, contain such varied and complex creatures in such abundance, is without sufficient evolutionary explanation.  They just “explode” on the scene, if we use the layers of strata as our basis for measurement of ancient time.

I believe that the real problem is that we are improperly interpreting the existence of the strata layers themselves, much less the fossils we find in them.  When we speak of “strata”, we mean layers of water born sediments that have hardened into rock.  These layers of strata are not rarities that you find here and there in special places.  Rather, they literally cover the entire surface of the earth!  When did they do that?  When was the entire surface of the earth covered with water?

Typically, evolutionists believe that the Cambrian explosion occurred well over 500 million years ago.  That’s when the first layer(s) of earth’s strata would have been laid down according to them.  What caused them to be laid down?  Well, we are asked to assume that there were ancient seas in places where there are no seas now.  Really, I’m not trying to be difficult, but I have to ask, “Where did all that water come from in the first place?”  Didn’t earth originate from another kind of really hot explosion (the so-called “big-bang”) that would have vaporized anything even closely resembling water?  Oh well, that’s another matter for another time I suppose.  

Instead of the unexplained ancient seas, could a world-wide flood have deposited these sediments all over the surface of the planet?  The strata and the fossils they contain are witnesses to such.  After all, if there had been a flood on such a scale as that, wouldn’t you expect to find resulting layers of sediment?  Wouldn’t there be lots of dead things buried in these sediments?  In fact, wouldn’t even the first layers, that is the lowest layers that remain today, have within them dead plants and critters that were alive at the time of this flood?  Don’t we find innumerable fossilized remains of plants, animals, insects, fish, birds and even people, all over the face of the earth (not to mention huge stores of petroleum and natural gases that are also evidence of a prolific biology that was catastrophically inundated)?

Well, if it wasn’t a flood, why is it that every human culture has a flood story in its history?  I find it interesting that surprisingly few cultures (in fact, none of which I am aware) have an ancient “big-bang” theory in their history.

Marty Kessler